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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

834 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  RICHMOND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT



* AT 830 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER RICHMOND AND ANSON COUNTIES.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE WADESBORO...

  ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET AND ANSONVILLE.



RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

BETWEEN 700 PM AND 830 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST EAST OF 

WADESBORO... ALONG HIGHWAY 74 NEAR THE PEE DEE RIVER. SEVERAL CREEKS 

IN THIS AREA MAY RISE ABOVE BANKFULL... INCLUDING JONES CREEK... BIG 

BRANCH... LITTLE CREEK... SEABURN BRANCH... AND BELLS CREEK. 



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 3518 8028 3517 8023 3516 8022 3517 8019

      3515 8017 3517 8015 3517 8009 3513 8006

      3509 7994 3508 7958 3506 7956 3482 7966

      3481 7968 3482 8033



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