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000 

WGUS52 KRAH 010950

FFWRAH

NCC067-011215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

447 AM EST MON JAN 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORSYTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 715 AM EST



* AT 440 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER FORSYTH COUNTY. HIGH WATER WAS REPORTED ON A FEW ROADS 

  AND SMALL CREEKS WERE COMING OUT OF THEIR BANKS. OVER TWO AND A 

  HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 2 AM AND 430 AM. AN 

  ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 AM.



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

  KERNERSVILLE...CLEMMONS AND BELEWS CREEK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT 

DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY 

ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD THREATENING 

MOTORISTS. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...ESPECIALLY MILL CREEK 

AND GRASSY CREEK...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY 

AREAS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR NEAR FLOODING CREEKS AND 

STREAM SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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 3626 8003 3601 8005 3599 8041 3625 8046



$$



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000 

WGUS52 KRAH 010950

FFWRAH

NCC067-011215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

447 AM EST MON JAN 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORSYTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 715 AM EST



* AT 440 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER FORSYTH COUNTY. HIGH WATER WAS REPORTED ON A FEW ROADS 

  AND SMALL CREEKS WERE COMING OUT OF THEIR BANKS. OVER TWO AND A 

  HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 2 AM AND 430 AM. AN 

  ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 AM.



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

  KERNERSVILLE...CLEMMONS AND BELEWS CREEK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT 

DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY 

ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD THREATENING 

MOTORISTS. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...ESPECIALLY MILL CREEK 

AND GRASSY CREEK...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY 

AREAS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR NEAR FLOODING CREEKS AND 

STREAM SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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 3626 8003 3601 8005 3599 8041 3625 8046



$$



WSS/MLM

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