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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

300 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT...



* AT 257 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN...BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES OF FAYETTEVILLE...ANSTED AND 

  POWELLTON.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



  RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATE THAT BETWEEN TWO AND THREE  

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THIS AREA IN THE PAST HOUR. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE OAK HILL.



--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.



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

OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN

AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW

SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING

STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP

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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