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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1104 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 600 PM EST MONDAY



* AT 1100 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS APPROACHING FORSYTH COUNTY. 

  EARLIER HEAVY RAINS CAUSED CONSIDERABLE FLOODING IN THE CITY OF

  WINSTON-SALEM... AND ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL AGGRAVATE THIS FLOODING.



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

  KERNERSVILLE AND CLEMMONS.



COUNTY AND CITY OFFICIALS REPORT CONTINUED FLOODING... PARTICULARLY 

WITHIN THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM... WHERE SOME ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE 

TO HIGH WATER... AND WHERE PORTIONS OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WERE 

EVACUATED THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF A QUARTER TO THIRD OF AN 

INCH IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS IN THE REGION THIS 

AFTERNOON. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOODING... 

AND WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO 

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY... OR WHERE OFFICIALS HAVE 

CLOSED THE ROAD DUE TO HIGH WATER. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN 

THEY APPEAR. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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

AND STREAMS. THE BANKS OF FLOODED CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY BE WEAKENED 

AND PRONE TO COLLAPSE. STORM DRAINS ARE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AND CAN 

QUICKLY PULL A CHILD UNDER WATER.



LAT...LON 3623 8004 3604 8007 3601 8040 3624 8042



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