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WGUS52 KRAH 301805

FFWRAH

NCC167-301930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

204 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 330 PM EDT



* AT 204 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER STANLY COUNTY. 

UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF 

STANLY COUNTY SINCE 1 PM.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE OAKBORO AND ALBEMARLE.



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

AND STREAMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CREATE RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER THAT

CAN EASILY SWEEP A CHILD DOWNSTREAM. THE BANKS OF MANY CREEKS AND

STREAMS MAY ALSO BE WEAKENED AND PRONE TO COLLAPSE. STORM DRAINS ARE

PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AND CAN QUICKLY PULL A CHILD UNDER WATER.



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.

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



LAT...LON 3544 8011 3518 8008 3519 8046 3547 8029



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