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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

524 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL BUCHANAN COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...

  SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  NORTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  SOUTHERN MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WILLIAMSON...

  WESTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OCEANA...  

MAN...GILBERT...MALLORY AND DELBARTON



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE RAINFALL SHOULD BECOME 

LIGHTER AFTER 7 PM. HOWEVER...STREAMS COULD STILL BE RISING DUE TO 

THE HEAVY RAINFALL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



&&



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

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



LAT...LON 3743 8211 3753 8197 3752 8203 3755 8213

      3759 8214 3763 8219 3762 8221 3765 8224

      3768 8231 3779 8202 3781 8172 3778 8158

      3776 8157 3776 8152 3752 8160 3732 8187



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