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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

230 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 430 AM EDT...



* AT 228 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY.  2 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER

  THIS AREA SINCE 11 PM...WITH ANOTHER HALF INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE

  THROUGH 330 AM.  THIS WILL CAUSE AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS TO

  OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS...INCLUDING THE HOLLY RIVER.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...HOLLY RIVER STATE

  PARK...HACKER VALLEY...GUARDIAN...AND REPLETE.



--CALL TO ACTION-- BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH

FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE

FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER

BEGINS RISING.



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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