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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

805 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT...



* AT 800 PM EDT...WASHINGTON COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORTED ROAD

  FLOODING IN THE VICINITY OF RENO.  EVACUATIONS WERE OCCURRING

  ALONG THE COAL RUN...AND HIGH WATER WAS ALSO SEEN ON MILL RUN.

  RAINFALL IS SHOWING A DIMINISHING TREND...BUT RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE

  TO CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...RENO AND CORNERVILLE.



--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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