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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

710 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GUILFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 707 PM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

  GUILFORD COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES SINCE 530 PM OVER 

  DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE MCLEANSVILLE...HIGH

  POINT AND GREENSBORO.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...ESPECIALLY BUFFALO  

CREEK. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR NEAR FLOODING CREEKS AND 

STREAM SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 3624 7955 3624 7953 3616 7953 3614 7954

      3612 7953 3591 7956 3592 8004 3624 8001



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