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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

242 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALAMANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 545 PM EDT



* AT 236 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 

TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER ALAMANCE 

COUNTY.  LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED THAT SEVERAL ROADS ARE 

FLOODED IN WESTERN ALAMANCE COUNTY...AND GIBSONVILLE-OSSIPPEE ROAD 

HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE MEBANE...GRAHAM...ELON

  COLLEGE AND BURLINGTON.



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 3624 7926 3600 7926 3591 7927 3587 7925

      3584 7925 3584 7954 3614 7953 3624 7954

      3625 7953



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