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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

608 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 604 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES  

  THAT AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN           

  ANSONVILLE AND WADESBORO IN THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2    

  INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR...WHICH WILL INCREASE THE    

  THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY LIKELY TO OCCUR   

  ON GRASSY ISLAND ROAD IN THE VICINITY OF BROWN CREEK BETWEEN       

  HIGHWAYS 52 AND 109. 



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE WADESBORO.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. THOSE LIVING NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS

SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK

ACTION.



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 3510 8019 3510 8005 3509 8003 3509 8001

      3509 8000 3511 7996 3511 7991 3491 7988

      3492 8019



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