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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

733 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GUILFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 930 AM EDT



* AT 730 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER GUILFORD COUNTY. NORTH

  BUFFALO CREEK WAS RISING RAPIDLY...HAVING A STAGE OF 9.26 FEET

  AT 730 AM. THIS WAS JUST BELOW THE FLOOD STAGE OF 10 FEET...AND

  THE CREEK SHOULD REACH THIS FLOOD STAGE AROUND OR JUST AFTER 8 

  AM.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE MCLEANSVILLE...HIGH

  POINT AND GREENSBORO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY ROADS AND

INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD THREATENING MOTORISTS.

WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3624 7954 3589 7955 3591 8003 3624 8002

      3624 7955



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