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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

702 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



* AT 656 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR          

  RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 2 TO OVER 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS        

  WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY THROUGH THE TEAYS VALLEY AREA.



* ADDITIONAL 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...HURRICANE AND TEAYS VALLEY.





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 3848 8194 3848 8193 3848 8184 3842 8185

      3841 8189 3837 8192 3833 8192 3833 8204

      3849 8205



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