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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1133 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO



* UNTIL 215 AM EDT.



* AT 1129 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 IN AN     

  HOUR. 



* 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...LAKE HOPE STATE PARK...MCARTHUR...ALLENSVILLE...CREOLA...

  EAGLE MILLS...HAMDEN...RADCLIFFE...WILKESVILLE AND ZALESKI.







EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3935 8274 3936 8253 3939 8251 3937 8230

      3921 8227 3920 8231 3917 8232 3903 8233

      3904 8243 3914 8243 3914 8254 3918 8255

      3921 8276



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