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000 

WGUS51 KRLX 131918

FFWRLX

WVC083-097-132115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

313 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA

  UPSHUR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.



* AT 312 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 NEAR 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN

  ONE HOUR. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL 

  RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL

  WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. THE MOST PRONE AREAS FOR

  FLOODING ARE IN EASTERN UPSHUR COUNTY AND WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY. 



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.



TURN AROUND AND DONT DROWN. 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. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF

YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

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



LAT...LON 3873 8034 3855 8017 3897 7977 3895 8006

      3901 8010 3897 8026



$$



05

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000 

WGUS51 KRLX 131918

FFWRLX

WVC083-097-132115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

313 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA

  UPSHUR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.



* AT 312 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 NEAR 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN

  ONE HOUR. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL 

  RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL

  WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. THE MOST PRONE AREAS FOR

  FLOODING ARE IN EASTERN UPSHUR COUNTY AND WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY. 



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.



TURN AROUND AND DONT DROWN. 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. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF

YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

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



LAT...LON 3873 8034 3855 8017 3897 7977 3895 8006

      3901 8010 3897 8026



$$



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