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WGUS52 KRAH 232340

FFWRAH

NCC167-240145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

740 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 739 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN STANLY 

  COUNTY. AROUND NORWOOD...HIGH WATER WAS STARTING TO TAKE 

  PLACE...AND RAIN WAS CONTINUING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORWOOD

  AND ALBEMARLE.



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 3538 8037 3519 8037 3517 8008 3538 8009



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