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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

358 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GUILFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  FORSYTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT



* AT 354 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

SOUTHEASTERN FORSYTH AND WESTERN GUILFORD COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES 

WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES 

PER HOUR.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE... KERNERSVILLE AND 

PORTIONS OF I-40 NEAR THE GUILFORD FORSYTH COUNTY LINE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. THOSE LIVING NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS

SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK

ACTION.



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 3604 8036 3625 8001 3623 7979 3603 7990

      3591 8003 3594 8004 3601 8004 3602 8011

      3602 8021 3599 8021 3599 8023



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