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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

434 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN DICKENSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT



* AT 427 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINFALL FROM CONTINUED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED 

AREA...WITH SOME LOCATIONS SHOWING RADAR ESTIMATES IN EXCESS OF TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST FEW HOURS.



* STREAM BASINS THAT ARE ESPECIALLY THREATENED INCLUDE ROARING 

FORK...MCCLURE CREEK...NEECE CREEK...MIDDLE FORK...AND FRYING PAN 

CREEK.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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 3701 8244 3716 8221 3715 8218 3712 8217

      3711 8215 3709 8215 3706 8213 3703 8215

      3703 8220 3699 8224 3700 8228 3696 8235



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