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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

151 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  RICHMOND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 330 AM EDT



* AT 144 AM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER RICHMOND

  AND EASTERN ANSON COUNTIES.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE ROCKINGHAM...HOFFMAN AND

  HAMLET.



PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 74 EAST OF WADESBORO ARE IMPASSABLE. TWO TO 

THREE FEET OF WATER ON THE ROAD HAVE BEEN REPORTED. HEAVY RAINS IN 

THIS AREA ARE ENDING BUT WATER WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE.



TO THE EAST IN RICHMOND COUNTY RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF TWO 

INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE STREAMS AND CREEKS TO LEAVE THEIR BANKS. 

LOW LYING AREAS AND BRIDGES ARE AT RISK. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS ARE 

URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION AND AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL  EARLY 

THIS MORNING IF POSSIBLE. 



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.



LAT...LON 3481 7993 3505 8003 3517 7980 3517 7977

      3517 7973 3514 7961 3511 7958 3507 7957

      3505 7953 3497 7958 3495 7958 3487 7962

      3481 7967



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