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WGUS51 KRLX 191154

FFWRLX

WVC059-191545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

750 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT.



* AT 710 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL   

ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR HAVE MOVED OVER REGIONS 

THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. RADAR INDICATES 

THAT SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED OVER 4 INCHES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. 



* 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...GILBERT CREEK...WILLIAMSON...CHATTAROY...DELBARTON...  

HINCH...PIE...RED JACKET...KERMIT AND MATEWAN.



A FLASH FLOODING WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR 

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE 

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

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



LAT...LON 3747 8231 3752 8194 3757 8184 3786 8242



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000 

WGUS51 KRLX 191154

FFWRLX

WVC059-191545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

750 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT.



* AT 710 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL   

ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR HAVE MOVED OVER REGIONS 

THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. RADAR INDICATES 

THAT SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED OVER 4 INCHES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. 



* 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...GILBERT CREEK...WILLIAMSON...CHATTAROY...DELBARTON...  

HINCH...PIE...RED JACKET...KERMIT AND MATEWAN.



A FLASH FLOODING WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR 

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE 

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

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



LAT...LON 3747 8231 3752 8194 3757 8184 3786 8242



$$



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