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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

927 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 1130 AM EDT



* AT 924 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER GUILFORD COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE MCLEANSVILLE...HIGH

  POINT AND GREENSBORO.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

GUILFORD COUNTY SINCE LAST NIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES IS POSSIBLE AS MORE RAIN OVERSPREADS THE AREA THIS MORNING. 

BUFFALO CREEK WAS REPORTED TO BE OUT OF ITS BANKS IN SEVERAL 

LOCATIONS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN 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. THOSE 

LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR NEAR FLOODING CREEKS AND STREAM 

SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.





LAT...LON 3624 7954 3589 7955 3592 8003 3624 8002



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