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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

901 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  DAVIDSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 853 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES IN DAVIDSON AND RANDOLPH 

COUNTIES.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  THOMASVILLE...SEAGROVE...RANDLEMAN...LEXINGTON AND ASHEBORO.



WIDESPREAD RAIN RANGING FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES THIS EVENING PRODUCED 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OVER LARGE PORTIONS OF RANDOLPH AND DAVIDSON 

COUNTIES. FLOODING IS PARTICULARLY SEVERE LARGER TOWNS SUCH AS 

ASHEBORO AND LEXINGTON...WHERE NUMEROUS ROADS WERE CLOSED WITH  

NUMEROUS FLOODED AUTOMOBILES ABANDONED. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS 

DIMINISHED...BUT THE FLOODING WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST 

MIDNIGHT. 



THERE ARE ALSO NUMBEROUS POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES. 

REPORT DOWNED LINES TO THE POWER COMPANY...NOT LOCAL LAW OR FIRE 

OFFICIALS...FOR THE FASTEST RESPONSE. 



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3589 7954 3553 7956 3550 8028 3590 8056

      3597 8037 3600 8024 3600 8004 3592 8004



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