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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

730 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCOTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT



* AT 730 PM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL 

AND SOUTHERN SCOTLAND COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE LAURINBURG AND LAUREL 

HILL. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WERE DROPPING TORRENTIAL RAINS FROM LAUREL 

HILL TO LAURINBURG. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN 45 

MINUTES HAD ALREADY OCCURRED AROUND LAUREL HILL. RAINFALL RATES IN 

EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY 

SLOWLY MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST ACROSS LAURINBURG AND SURROUNDING AREAS. 



AREAS THAT WILL BE PRONE TO FLOODING INCLUDE US 15-501... US-74... 

AND US-301 AND US-401 THROUGHOUT THE LAURINBURG AREA. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. F



NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR STORM DRAINS OR NEAR FLOODED CREEKS

AND STREAMS. 





LAT...LON 3466 7948 3480 7969 3482 7967 3482 7961

      3484 7962 3485 7961 3488 7940 3488 7934

      3481 7934 3477 7932 3475 7936 3466 7942

      3463 7946



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