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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

258 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.



* AT 249 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION THIS 

AFTERNOON.  



* SOME LOCALIZED PROBLEMS IN NORMAL LOW SPOTS WERE REPORTED DURING 

THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND THESE WILL GIVE WAY TO MORE WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT THE 

COUNTY...PARTICULARLY OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE 

COUNTY.



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 3829 8206 3831 8191 3839 8188 3849 8178

      3865 8175 3864 8202



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