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WGUS52 KRAH 121901

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NCC167-122200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

258 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



* AT 255 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN     

  AND CENTRAL STANLY COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE PLYLER...NEW            

  LONDON...RICHFIELD AND ALBEMARLE.



IN ALBEMARLE...LITTLE CREEK IS SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING AND CAN 

CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 52 DOWNTOWN. FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE 

AROUND DELCO PLAZA AND FROM COLONIAL DRIVE TO QUENBY MALL.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. THOSE LIVING NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS

SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK

ACTION.



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.



LAT...LON 3547 8014 3539 8006 3537 8006 3528 8009

      3524 8008 3526 8045 3547 8034 3551 8024



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