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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

317 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN AND NORTHERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 615 PM EDT.



* AT 310 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 



* HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...WITH RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL CAUSING FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS 

EXPECTED IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF CHARLESTON...WITH SOME PROBLEMS 

ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE CHARLESTON AREA. 



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 8156 3817 8182 3831 8181 3833 8190

      3832 8191 3840 8189 3847 8173 3859 8175

      3862 8170 3855 8163 3860 8153 3854 8148

      3853 8120 3847 8129



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