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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

122 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 315 PM EDT



* AT 112 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER RANDOLPH COUNTY.  RADAR 

ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

PORTIONS OF RANDOLPH COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE 

TO DEVELOP AND MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH RANDOLPH COUNTY. 

CREEKS...STREAMS...AND OTHER AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD 

BE MONITORED CLOSELY. 



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE SEAGROVE...RANDLEMAN AND

  ASHEBORO.



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 3591 8004 3589 7954 3551 7956 3551 8006



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