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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

232 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 530 PM EDT



* AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL

  GRANVILLE COUNTY.



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



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR

NEAR INTERSTATE 85 AND HIGHWAY 15 NEAR OXFORD. 



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

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. THOSE LIVING NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS

SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK

ACTION.



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...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3637 7853 3617 7852 3618 7876 3635 7874



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