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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

536 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HALIFAX COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  VANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  WARREN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 532 PM EDT... SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER WARREN...VANCE 

  AND HALIFAX COUNTIES. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS LIKELY FALLEN

  ACROSS VANCE AND WARREN COUNTIES ALONG THE VIRGINIA STATE LINE

  SINCE 430 PM. ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY ACROSS

  THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 7 PM. 



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE WARRENTON...NORLINA...

  LITTLETON...KITTRELL...HENDERSON AND HALIFAX.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3651 7789 3649 7777 3636 7756 3631 7757

      3632 7748 3627 7741 3606 7752 3609 7754

      3610 7762 3615 7768 3614 7772 3624 7816

      3626 7831 3622 7838 3617 7841 3618 7850

      3649 7852 3654 7846 3655 7789



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