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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

952 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT...



* AT 947 AM EDT...RAINFALL OF HALF AN INCH TO ONE INCH HAD FALLEN IN 

THE LAST HOUR OVER NORTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY. THIS WAS CAUSING 

FLOODING ON HENSLEY AND ELKHORN CREEKS. FLOODING OF CREEKS 

THROUGHOUT NORTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IS POSSIBLE. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WELCH.



<<CALL TO ACTION>> DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.



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