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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

335 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 530 AM EDT...



* AT 3:30 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAIN OVER MAINLY NORTHERN KANAWHA COUNTY...BETWEEN CHARLESTON

  AND SISSONVILLE. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR WERE

  ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER RADAR.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY

  STATIONARY. OTHER PATCHES OF HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO KANAWHA

  COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHWEST. 



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

  CLENDENIN...ELKVIEW...PINCH...AND SISSONVILLE.



--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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