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000 

WGUS52 KRAH 302144

FFWRAH

NCC081-310045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

539 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GUILFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 534 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STARTING TO MOVE INTO WESTERN 

GUILFORD COUNTY OVER HIGH POINT AND GREENSBORO. RAINFALL RATES OF 

TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE HIGH POINT...   

GREENSBORO...JAMESTOWN AND PLEASANT GARDEN.



BUFFALO CREEK IS ALREADY RISING RAPIDLY FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL.  

NORTH BUFFALO CREEK COULD THREATEN NUMEROUS APARTMENTS IN THE ASHLEY 

CREEK AREA. LOCATIONS FROM MERRITT DRIVE TO HOLDEN ROAD...PINECROFT 

ROAD AND HIGHWAY 29 COULD ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. FURTHER 

DOWNSTREAM WATER WILL RISE IN AND AROUND LATHAM PARK AND COULD 

THREATEN SEVERAL HOMES ALONG LATHAM ROAD. 



INTERSTATE 40 NEAR THE PIEDMONT TRIAD AIRPORT IS ALSO PRONE TO 

FLOODING. 



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.



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

AND STREAMS. STORM DRAINS ARE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AND CAN QUICKLY 

PULL A CHILD UNDER WATER.



LAT...LON 3618 7973 3590 7967 3592 8004 3618 8004



$$



JO

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000 

WGUS52 KRAH 302144

FFWRAH

NCC081-310045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

539 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GUILFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 534 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STARTING TO MOVE INTO WESTERN 

GUILFORD COUNTY OVER HIGH POINT AND GREENSBORO. RAINFALL RATES OF 

TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE HIGH POINT...   

GREENSBORO...JAMESTOWN AND PLEASANT GARDEN.



BUFFALO CREEK IS ALREADY RISING RAPIDLY FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL.  

NORTH BUFFALO CREEK COULD THREATEN NUMEROUS APARTMENTS IN THE ASHLEY 

CREEK AREA. LOCATIONS FROM MERRITT DRIVE TO HOLDEN ROAD...PINECROFT 

ROAD AND HIGHWAY 29 COULD ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. FURTHER 

DOWNSTREAM WATER WILL RISE IN AND AROUND LATHAM PARK AND COULD 

THREATEN SEVERAL HOMES ALONG LATHAM ROAD. 



INTERSTATE 40 NEAR THE PIEDMONT TRIAD AIRPORT IS ALSO PRONE TO 

FLOODING. 



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.



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

AND STREAMS. STORM DRAINS ARE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AND CAN QUICKLY 

PULL A CHILD UNDER WATER.



LAT...LON 3618 7973 3590 7967 3592 8004 3618 8004



$$



JO

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