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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

404 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT...



* THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORTS HIGH WATER THROUGHOUT THE 

COUNTY WITH MUD SLIDES AND HIGH WATER ACROSS ROADWAYS.  THEY URGE 

MOTORISTS NOT TO CROSS HIGH WATER AND TO REPORT EMERGENCIES TO THE 9 

1 1 CENTER.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE CHARLESTON...COAL

  FORK...DUNBAR...ELKVIEW...INSTITUTE AND PINCH.



--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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