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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

716 AM EST MON JAN 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORSYTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1115 AM EST



* AT 710 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER FORSYTH COUNTY WITH WIDESPREAD LOW LYING FLOODING. OVER 

  THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE WINSTON SALEM AREA SINCE 2 

  AM. MILL CREEK AND GRASY CREEK ARE EITHER AT BANKFUL OR OUT

  OF THEIR BANKS. MORE HEAVY RAIN MAY THREATEN THE WINSTON SALEM 

  AREA BETWEEN 8 AND 9 AM WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER HALF TO ONE 

  INCH OF RAIN 



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

  KERNERSVILLE...CLEMMONS AND BELEWS CREEK.



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.



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. 



LAT...LON 3624 8005 3603 8006 3599 8043 3629 8049



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