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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

516 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWEST STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 512 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST STANLY COUNTY. DOPPLER    

  RADAR INDICATES THAT BETWEEN 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN      

  BETWEEN FINGER AND RICHFIELD ALONG THE LITTLE BEAR CREEK. AN       

  ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY...CREATING THE      

  THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. 



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE AREAS NEAR THE LITTLE   

  BEAR CREEK AND THE BIG BEAR CREEK IN NORTHWEST STANLY COUNTY.



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 3549 8026 3532 8027 3532 8041 3550 8031



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