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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

315 AM EDT MON AUG 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DICKENSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 515 AM EDT...



* AT 309 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN NEAR CLINTWOOD MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.  SMALL RUNS OF

  GEORGES FORK WITH COMING OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  LOCALIZED DOWNPOURS

  MAY CONTINUE UNTIL AFTER 4 AM...COMPOUNDING THE WATER PROBLEMS. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE FLEMINGTOWN... 

  FREMONT...MCCLURE...DARWIN...AND CLINTWOOD.



--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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