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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1257 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 400 AM EDT



* AT 1253 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH  

  FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



  LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REQUEST RESIDENTS AVOID NON-EMERGENCY 

  TRAVEL IN THE COUNTY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.     



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



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

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



LAT...LON 3944 7993 3927 7997 3925 7999 3923 8005

      3923 8016 3928 8020 3939 8021 3941 8010

      3939 8009 3939 8007 3942 8002

TIME...MOT...LOC 0457Z 180DEG 0KT 3932 8010



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