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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1040 AM EDT TUE MAY 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  GILMER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  ROANE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 145 PM EDT...



* BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN DURING 

THE MORNING HOURS ACROSS NORTHERN ROANE..CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 

CALHOUN..AND SOUTHERN GILMER COUNTIES.  STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE 

RISING RAPIDLY WITH A FEW ALREADY REPORTED AT OR JUST OVER BANKFULL. 

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME CONTAINING HEAVY 

RAINS..WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.   



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE SPENCER.



--CALL TO ACTION-- A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS

IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD

TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY

FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY

AND SEEK 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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