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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

747 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GUILFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT



* AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR      

  FALLING OVER GREENSBORO...PLEASANT GARDEN AND HIGH POINT. UP TO 3  

  TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF   

  GUILFORD COUNTY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR THROUGH           

  GREENSBORO SOUTH TO HIGH POINT AND PLEASANT GARDEN. SEVERAL CREEKS 

  INCLUDING RYANS CREEK...SOUTH BUFFALO AND NORTH BUFFALO CREEKS ARE 

  RISING RAPIDLY. HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH 930 PM.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE MCLEANSVILLE...HIGH     

  POINT AND GREENSBORO. HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTH GREENSBORO WILL    

  CAUSE WATER TO RISE RAPIDLY ALONG BOTH SOUTH BUFFALO CREEK AND     

  RYAN CREEK. FLOODING OF AREAS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE CREEK    

  CAN BE EXPECTED. PARKING LOTS OF SEVERAL BUSINESSES ALONG THE      

  CREEK COULD FLOOD.



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.



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. 



LAT...LON 3610 7955 3590 7955 3593 8001 3617 7998



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