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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1131 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  WESTERN GUILFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  FORSYTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 230 AM EDT



* AT 1127 PM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER

  FORSYTH...WESTERN GUILFORD AND NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTIES.



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

  KERNERSVILLE...HIGH POINT AND CLEMMONS.



UP TO 4 INCHES FO RAUN MAY HAVE FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN FORSYTH COUNTY. 

SNITH REYNOLDS AIRPORT REPORTED 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 930 PM.



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. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3620 8044 3624 7988 3591 7980 3592 7993

      3592 8037



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