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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

423 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT...



* AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER PARTS OF WEBSTER COUNTY WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT. RADAR 

  INDICATED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR IN SOME SPOTS. SOME OF

  THE BASINS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAIN SO FAR ARE HUGHES

  RUN...WILLIAMS RIVER...GAULEY RIVER. 



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--CALL TO ACTION-- DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO 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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