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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

751 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WIRT COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT...



* AT 748 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 2

  AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 7 OCLOCK NORTH OF

  ELIZABETH...NEAR NEWARK. UP TO ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.

  ANYWHERE IN WIRT COUNTY.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...ELIZABETH AND NEWARK.



--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 TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.



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