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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1121 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO



* UNTIL 215 AM EDT.



* AT 1115 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND

  AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES REPORTED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS

  THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES. 



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...ALBANY...ATHENS...COOLVILLE...GLOUSTER...NELSONVILLE...

  AMESVILLE...BUCHTEL...BURR OAK STATE PARK...CHAUNCEY...

  JACKSONVILLE...STROUDS RUN STATE PARK AND THE PLAINS.





EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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 HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY

CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.



LAT...LON 3955 8205 3945 8205 3945 8185 3933 8186

      3927 8182 3927 8173 3920 8174 3918 8185

      3920 8227 3929 8226 3930 8229 3947 8227

      3946 8217 3955 8215 3955 8212



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