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000 

WGUS51 KRLX 192138

FFWRLX

WVC039-192330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

537 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.



* AT 532 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL 

  ESTIMATES OF UP TO 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED THROUGH 530 PM.



* 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...CHARLESTON...CHESAPEAKE...COAL FORK...DUNBAR...MARMET...

  NITRO...PINCH...SOUTH CHARLESTON...ST. ALBANS...BELLE...EAST BANK

  AND ELKVIEW.



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 3832 8182 3825 8167 3814 8146 3846 8138

      3841 8184



$$



05

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000 

WGUS51 KRLX 192138

FFWRLX

WVC039-192330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

537 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.



* AT 532 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL 

  ESTIMATES OF UP TO 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED THROUGH 530 PM.



* 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...CHARLESTON...CHESAPEAKE...COAL FORK...DUNBAR...MARMET...

  NITRO...PINCH...SOUTH CHARLESTON...ST. ALBANS...BELLE...EAST BANK

  AND ELKVIEW.



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 3832 8182 3825 8167 3814 8146 3846 8138

      3841 8184



$$



05

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