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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

914 AM EST WED JAN 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 100 PM EST...



* AT 902 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. OVER THE PAST 10 HOURS...RAINFALL OF 

  ONE AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN. 



* SOME OF THE STREAMS EFFECTED INCLUDE LITTLE INDIAN CREEK... 

  HURRICANE CREEK...BIG BRANCH...GRISSOM CREEK...BALT CREEK...

  WHITT BRANCH...LONG BRANCH. OTHER STREAMS IN THE REGION MAY ALSO 

  BE EFFECTED. THIS COULD INCLUDE PORTIONS OF COUNCIL...VENIA...

  AND DAVENPORT.

 



--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.



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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