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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1050 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCOTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT



* AT 1046 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAIN OVER SCOTLAND COUNTY. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN JUST NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF LAURINBURG IN THE LAST HOUR AND 

A HALF... AND HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST NEAR AND IN THE CITY OF 

LAURINBURG THROUGH NOON.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE LAURINBURG.



PEOPLE IN AND AROUND LAURINBURG WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO 

OF RAIN BEFORE NOON. LOW LYING AREAS AND DIPS IN THE ROADWAY ARE 

PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. ROADS LIKELY TO SEE FLOODING 

INCLUDE HIGHWAYS 501 AND 74.



REMEMBER THAT 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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE TO NEAR BANKFULL... POSSIBLE 

REACHING RURAL ROADS. AFFECTED CREEKS WILL INCLUDE BRIDGE CREEK... 

LEITH CREEK... AND GUM SWAMP CREEK. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE 

AREAS OR NEAR FLOODING CREEKS AND STREAM SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 3481 7969 3482 7967 3482 7961 3485 7962

      3490 7957 3498 7957 3502 7952 3504 7945

      3501 7942 3494 7936 3488 7934 3483 7937

      3469 7952



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