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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

426 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RALEIGH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT...



* AT 423 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER CRAB ORCHARD...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF BECKLEY...MOVING

  SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE COAL CITY...CRAB ORCHARD

  AND SOPHIA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

SOUTHERN RALEIGH COUNTY.  WATER WAS REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 16 

IN THE SOPHIA VICINITY.  STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE VERY SLOW AND 

REDEVELOP...ALL OF WHICH SPELL HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING FOR THE NEXT 

HOUR OR SO.



--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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