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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1249 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 245 PM EDT...



* AT 1249 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PARTS OF LOGAN COUNTY...WITH RADAR

  ESTIMATING BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR ACROSS

  NORTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY.  MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE 

  MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTY DURING THIS TIME PERIOD AND WILL LIKELY

  CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS.  





--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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