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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1012 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT...



* AT 1009 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN. STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 8 MILES WEST OF TEAYS VALLEY TO

  TEAYS VALLEY...OR FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF HAMLIN TO 5 MILES WEST OF

  NITRO.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WINFIELD AND HURRICANE.



--CALL TO ACTION-- BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH

FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE

FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER

BEGINS RISING.



--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...WHEN YOU CAN DO

SO SAFELY.



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