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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

346 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WOOD COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA

  WIRT COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.



* AT 344 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL 

  ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN MAINLY OVER WESTERN

  WIRT AND SOUTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTIES WITHIN THE LAST 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 INCLUDE

  TUCKER CREEK...LEFT FORK SLATE CREEK AND IN THE LIMESTONE HILL 

  AREA.



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 3895 8150 3898 8126 3924 8135 3937 8143

      3925 8156 3911 8172



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