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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

626 AM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DICKENSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 930 AM EDT



* AT 624 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JOHN

  FLANNAGAN LAKE...HAYSI...CLINTWOOD AND BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK



PERSISTENT RAINFALL...UP TO 1.75 INCHES IN THE PAST 24 HOURS...AND 

THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN THE PAST THREE HOURS...HAS CAUSED 

STREAMS TO RISE AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS TO EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING.



AS OF 620 AM...A CREEK RUNNING ALONG SIDE ROUTE 63 WAS OUT OF ITS 

BANKS AND FLOODING PARTS OF ROUTE 63.  ALSO...ROUTE 80 NEAR BIRCH 

LEAF WAS FLOODED.



AS OF 542 AM...WATER BLOCKED ROADS NEAR WAYSIDE AND SEVERAL PEOPLE 

NEEDED RESCUED FROM THEIR STALLED CARS AFTER DRIVING INTO THE HIGH 

WATER.



ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL BRING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS CAN CAUSE 

ADDITIONAL FLOODING ON ROADS CLOSE TO CREEKS AND IN AREAS OF POOR 

DRAINAGE.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

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



LAT...LON 3703 8249 3706 8248 3713 8254 3719 8255

      3726 8235 3730 8230 3727 8225 3719 8223

      3710 8217 3711 8215 3705 8213 3696 8236



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