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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1206 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN ANSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  RICHMOND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 1158 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAIN OVER RICHMOND...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY AND EASTERN ANSON COUNTIES. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

WITHIN THE PAST 1 TO 2 HOURS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AND 

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 200 AM. 



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE MOUNT GILEAD... 

ROCKINGHAM...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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3524 7969 3486 7965 3485 8001 3525 8007



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