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WGUS51 KRLX 090534

FFWRLX

WVC087-090830-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1229 AM EST WED NOV 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROANE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 330 AM EST.



* AT 1226 AM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED AN AREA OF 

VERY   HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 

2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE THIS MORNING.



* 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...SPENCER AND GANDEEVILLE.



A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 36 EAST OF SPENCER 

ALONG CLARKSON FORK.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



TURN AROUND AND DONT DROWN. 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. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF

YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

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



LAT...LON 3890 8151 3873 8153 3854 8120 3864 8117

      3879 8122



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000 

WGUS51 KRLX 090534

FFWRLX

WVC087-090830-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1229 AM EST WED NOV 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROANE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 330 AM EST.



* AT 1226 AM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED AN AREA OF 

VERY   HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 

2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE THIS MORNING.



* 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...SPENCER AND GANDEEVILLE.



A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 36 EAST OF SPENCER 

ALONG CLARKSON FORK.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



TURN AROUND AND DONT DROWN. 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. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF

YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

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



LAT...LON 3890 8151 3873 8153 3854 8120 3864 8117

      3879 8122



$$



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