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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

551 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCOTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  ANSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  RICHMOND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 550 PM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER

  RICHMOND...ANSON AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED

  TO CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM. SECTIONS OF ANSON...RICHMOND AND 

  SCOTLAND COUNTIES HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF 

  RAIN SINCE 445 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY THROUGH

  7 PM.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE WADESBORO...

  ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG AND HAMLET.



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.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY AREAS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR

NEAR FLOODING CREEKS AND STREAM SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 3480 7967 3480 7969 3481 8027 3482 8033

      3508 8029 3510 7968 3485 7934 3483 7934

      3481 7936 3479 7936 3466 7942 3463 7945



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