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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

406 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT



* AT 405 PM EDT... RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAIN OVER STANLY COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW AS MUCH AS 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF 

STANLY COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE NORWOOD...OAKBORO... 

PLYLER AND ALBEMARLE.



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 3549 8029 3549 8017 3547 8016 3546 8011

      3540 8007 3533 8007 3529 8010 3516 8007

      3519 8011 3517 8013 3518 8015 3517 8016

      3517 8023 3520 8025 3518 8031 3519 8048



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