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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

736 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWEST ALAMANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  NORTHERN GUILFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 729 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING  

  REQUIRING NUMEROUS VEHICLE RESCUES IN THE CITY OF GREENSBORO ON    

  HIGHWAY 29. THESE RESCUES WERE STILL IN PROGRESS. FLOODING WAS     

  ALSO REPORTED ON WENDOVER AVENUE AND HUFFINE MILL ROAD.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE GREENSBORO...           

  MCLEANSVILLE AND ALTAMAHAW .



THIS EXTENDS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR        

NORTHERN GUILFORD COUNTY.



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN BUFFALO CREEK AND REEDY FORK. THIS 

WATER WILL REACH NORTHWEST ALAMANCE COUNTY AROUND 800 PM. FLOODING 

WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF ALTAMAHAW AND OSSIPPEE WHERE 

REEDY FORK REACHES THE HAW RIVER.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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LAT...LON 3624 7945 3611 7939 3612 7951 3604 7952

      3600 7986 3604 7993 3624 7989



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