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WGUS52 KRAH 230030

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NCC067-230400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

828 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORSYTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 827 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER FORSYTH COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE WINSTON-SALEM...

  KERNERSVILLE...CLEMMONS AND BELEWS CREEK.



ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN 

FORSYTH COUNTY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO 

MOVE EAST OUT OF DAVIE COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO THREE INCHES 

PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN PARTS OF FORSYTH COUNTY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. 



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. FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY 

HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT. 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 3625 8043 3598 8039 3605 8007 3625 8004



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