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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

630 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  RITCHIE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT...



* AT 622 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM CAIRO TO AUBURN...OR FROM AROUND HARRISVILLE THROUGH

  THE VICINITY OF WEST UNION...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WEST UNION AND

  HARRISVILLE.



RADAR INDICATES UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WITH SOME OF THE 

THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE.  THE LINE STRETCHES FROM WEST TO EAST 

AND IS MOVING NEARLY WEST TO EAST...MEANING THE THUNDERSTORMS IN 

THIS LINE AFFECT THE SAME AREA REPEATEDLY...RESULTING IN HEAVY 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS.



--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.



--CALL TO ACTION-- STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY

FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.



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

WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO

SO SAFELY.



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