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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1150 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 345 PM EDT...



* AT 1143 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY   

  HEAVY RAIN MOVING BACK INTO MCDOWELL COUNTY FROM THE WEST. 



* FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY 

  ESPECIALLY ALONG ELKHORN CREEK. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS MOVING IN 

  FROM THE WEST AND WILL PUSH LEVELS EVEN HIGHER. FLOODING CAN ALSO 

  BE EXPECTED ALONG OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE NORTHERN PORTION 

  OF THE COUNTY. 



<<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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