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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1150 AM EDT THU MAY 2 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 245 PM EDT...



* AT 1148 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY     

  ACROSS NORTHERN MINGO AND LOGAN COUNTIES.  MORE STORMS ARE         

  FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA.    



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE...

  GILBERT CREEK...LOGAN...MOUNT GAY-SHAMROCK AND WILLIAMSON.



* RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST            

  HOUR...WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN...THIS WILL FURTHER       

  INCREASE THE FLOODING THREAT.   



--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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