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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

515 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA

  WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA

  LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 815 AM EDT.



* AT 509 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST            

  VIRGINIA. RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN       

  WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH EXPECTED THROUGH 8 AM.



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM

  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME

  LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE....



THERE ARE REPORTS OF CREEKS RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL IN LINCOLN AND 

MINGO COUNTIES.  



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3799 8249 3750 8213 3773 8172 3820 8207



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