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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

955 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NELSONVILLE...GLOUSTER...COOLVILLE...

  ATHENS...ALBANY...



* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT



* AT 948 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND 

AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS 

OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

ALONG MONDAY AND SUNDAY CREEKS.





PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...





EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG MONDAY AND SUNDAY 

CREEKS.



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.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

CHARLESTON.



&&



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

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



LAT...LON 3955 8205 3946 8205 3945 8185 3933 8186

      3930 8181 3927 8181 3927 8172 3919 8174

      3918 8176 3918 8180 3920 8226 3929 8226

      3930 8230 3947 8228 3947 8217 3955 8215



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