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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

707 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT



* AT 703 AM EDT... SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER ANSON COUNTY. AS

  MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN OVER THE SOUTHWEST 

  SECTIONS OF ANSON COUNTY BETWEEN 615 AND 7 AM. THIS WILL LEAD TO 

  FLOODING ALONG BROWN CREEK...LITTLE BROWN CREEK AND LICK CREEK.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE WADESBORO AND

  ANSONVILLE.



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 3485 8032 3492 8032 3515 8027 3509 8003

      3495 7987 3481 7999 3481 8032 3484 8033



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