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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

431 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NICHOLAS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT...



* AT 427 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER PARTS OF NICHOLAS COUNTY. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS

  NEARLY STATIONARY. SOME OF BASINS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE MOST RAIN 

  SO FAR ARE ROCKCAMP RUN AND GAULEY RIVER... 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE CRAIGSVILLE.



--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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