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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
215 PM EDT SAT SEP 26 2009

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CABELL WV-
215 PM EDT SAT SEP 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL CABELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 200 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS 
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS STILL MOVING ACROSS CABELL COUNTY. THE AREA OF 
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS EXTENDS SOUTH SOUTHWEST INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY. 

THIS RAINFALL ACTIVITY WILL KEEP WATER LEVELS ON THE RAILROAD 
VIADUCTS IN HUNTINGTON HIGH. EVEN AFTER THE RAIN DIMINISHES...IT 
WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR THE WATER ON THE RAILROAD VIADUCTS TO 
DRAIN TO A POINT WHERE CAR CAN BEGIN TO TRANSIT. 

THEREFORE...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT AT LEAST THROUGH 5 PM.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS
AROUND HUNTINGTON. THE HIGHEST THREAT AREAS FOR FLOODING ARE THE
RAILROAD VIADUCTS AT 1ST...8TH...10TH...16TH AND 20TH STREETS. IN
ADDITION...THE RAILROAD VIADUCT AT 14TH STREET WEST MAY FLOOD.
FLOODING MAY ALSO BE OCCURRING ALONG 5TH AVENUE BETWEEN 24TH AND 25TH
STREETS.

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LAT...LON 3841 8247 3842 8246 3843 8242 3843 8239
      3844 8238 3843 8237 3841 8237 3837 8244
      3840 8249 3841 8249

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