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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

157 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...



* UNTIL 400 PM EDT...



* AT 146 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG 

THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST ATHENS COUNTY.  THIS STORM IS MOVING 

LITTLE WHILE HAVING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.  THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN IS BETWEEN ATHENS AND ALBANY.  



--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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