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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

654 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.



* AT 643 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL       

  ESTIMATES OF 2 TO NEARLY 3 INCHES...HAVE FALLEN ACROSS             

  NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY.



* 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....SAMP...WANETA...AND BERGOO.  THIS INCLUDES THE ELK      

  RIVER BASIN AND BERGOO CREEK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND COUNTRY ROADS.



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 3852 8032 3863 8026 3863 8025 3860 8024

      3852 8018 3851 8019 3850 8019 3847 8022

      3844 8023



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