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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

254 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCOTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



* AT 254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

OVER ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER LAURINBURG WITH 

MORE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH 4 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 

AN INCH IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS IN AND AROUND LAURINBURG CAN BE EXPECTED. EVEN MORE HEAVY RAIN 

WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING POTENTIALLY CREATING MORE 

FLOOD PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA.



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

  HASTY...LAUREL HILL...LAURINBURG...OLD HUNDRED AND SILVER HILL.



NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. JUST ONE FOOT 

OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. 

DONT DROWN...TURN AROUND.



NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR STORM DRAINS OR NEAR FLOODED CREEKS

AND STREAMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CREATE RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER THAT 

CAN EASILY SWEEP A CHILD DOWNSTREAM. 



LAT...LON 3482 7933 3464 7944 3480 7969 3496 7952



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