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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

156 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARBOUR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  HARRISON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 500 AM EDT



* AT 154 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA.  

  BECAUSE OF THIS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR BARBOUR AND 

  HARRISON COUNTIES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO 500 AM. 



  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE

  AREA OVERNIGHT...AND THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ACT TO

  MAINTAIN...OR EVEN INCREASE THE WATER PROBLEMS. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  STONEWOOD...SHINNSTON...NUTTER FORT...LUMBERPORT...CLARKSBURG...

  BRIDGEPORT AND ANMOORE



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 3941 8025 3924 8018 3916 7982 3896 8000

      3903 8007 3911 8023 3910 8025 3916 8057

      3918 8057 3920 8053 3922 8056 3946 8051

TIME...MOT...LOC 0551Z 180DEG 0KT 3925 8050



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