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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

427 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAVIDSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 830 AM EDT



* AT 417 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN SOUTH OF DAVIDSON COUNTY....MOVING NORTH.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE THOMASVILLE AND

  LEXINGTON.



HEAVY RAINS SOUTH OF DAVIDSON COUNTY ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH. HEAVY 

RAINS MAY PRODUCE TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN ONLY ONE TO TWO 

HOURS. EXTENDED HEAVY RAINS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE YADKIN RIVER BEFORE 

5 AM AND SPREAD NORTH OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.



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 3579 8046 3584 8037 3597 8036 3598 8035

      3601 8005 3556 8006 3551 8007 3552 8017

      3572 8032



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