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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

635 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...



* THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN WAS OVER ACROSS THE AREA...BUT RUNOFF

  REACHING AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS WAS STILL CAUSING RAPID RISES.



* AT 628 PM EDT...THE COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED ONGOING FLOODING.



IN LOGAN COUNTY...FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG ROUTE 17 BUT ROUTE 44 

WAS REPORTED TO BE FINE.  IN MINGO COUNTY...FLOODING WAS ONGOING IN 

MATEWAN...KERMIT...AND THE LAUREL CREEK AREA.  BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT 

OF RAINFALL EARLIER...RUNOFF WILL LIKELY TAKE SEVERAL MORE HOURS.



--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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