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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1139 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 100 PM EDT



* AT 1124 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL 

ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING...AND EVACUATIONS HAVE ALSO OCCURRED 

AT THE ASHLEY CREEK APARTMENTS.  RIVER GAUGES ALONG BUFFALO CREEK 

CONTINUE TO REPORT RISES ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.   DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATES VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER EASTERN GUILFORD COUNTY 

FOR THE NEXT 30 MINUTES TO ONE HOUR...BEFORE MOVING OUT OF THE 

COUNTY.  ALTHOUGH THE RAIN WILL TAPER OFF..STREET FLOODING MAY 

CONTINUE... AND CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS 

UNTIL THE WATER HAS TIME TO RECEDE.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE MCLEANSVILLE...HIGH

  POINT AND GREENSBORO.





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 3624 7954 3589 7955 3589 7956 3589 7958

      3590 7964 3590 7965 3592 8003 3624 8002



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