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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

745 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 9:30 AM EDT...



* AT 745 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY HEAVY

  RAIN BAND ACROSS CENTRAL KANAWHA COUNTY...DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHWARD.   

  RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND A HALF

  INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING IN THE BAND.  THE NORTHERN HALF OF KANAWHA

  COUNTY...MAINLY NORTH OF A CROSS LANES...CHARLESTON...CORAL FORK...

  CEDAR GROVE LINE WILL RECEIVE THE BRUNT OF THE RAIN.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE CLENDENIN...ELKVIEW...  

  ...PINCH...SISSONVILLE AND BLUE CREEK.



--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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