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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

742 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 739 PM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER RANDOLPH

  COUNTY. BETWEEN 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS LIKELY FALLEN SOUTH OF 

  ASHEBORO SINCE 7 PM. 



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE SEAGROVE...RANDLEMAN AND

  ASHEBORO.



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...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT 

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY AREAS. CREEKS THAT MAY FLOOD INCLUDE 

RICHLAND CREEK...PANTHER CREEK... AND MILL CREEK. THOSE LIVING IN 

FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR NEAR FLOODING CREEKS AND STREAM SHOULD MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 3583 7955 3551 7960 3552 8002 3587 8001



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