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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

553 PM EDT SUN SEP 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  UPSHUR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT...



* AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN 8 MILES WEST OF COALTON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF      

  BUCKHANNON.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 2.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR AND A 

HALF. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG THE LAUREL RUN AND JACKSON FORK IN 

UPSHUR COUNTY AND LONG RUN...MIDDLE FORK RIVER AND HIER LICK RUN 

SHOULD BE EXTREMELY ALERT TO RAPIDLY RISING STREAMS.



STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER 

STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.



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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