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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

508 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

  DAVIDSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FALLING OVER 

SATURATED GROUND IN DAVIDSON AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES 

OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL FALL OVER PORTIONS OF THESE AREAS 

INCLUDING THE HIGH ROCK... LEXINGTON... MARTHA AND RANDLEMAN. 



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE THOMASVILLE...  

RANDLEMAN...LEXINGTON 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 3584 8048 3583 8046 3585 8039 3589 8041

      3590 8037 3597 8037 3599 8033 3599 8021

      3600 8021 3600 8004 3591 8004 3589 7954

      3551 7956 3551 7960 3551 8008 3569 8014

      3563 8029 3571 8033 3573 8045



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