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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1004 AM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORSYTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 100 PM EDT



* AT 950 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN SPREADING NORTH TOWARDS FORSYTH COUNTY.      

  RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE UP TO TWO INCHES THROUGH NOON.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE WINSTON-SALEM...        

  KERNERSVILLE AND CLEMMONS. CREEKS WHICH MAY FLOOD INCUDE MILL      

  CREEK...SILAS CREEK...SALEM CREEK...GRASSY CREEK AND ABBOTTS       

  CREEK. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ROADS AND RESIDENCES ALONG MILL CREEK...MONARCAS CREEK AND MUDDY 

CREEK WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF 

WINSTON SALEM. IN ADDITION...PARKING LOTS AND SOME APARTMENTS IN 

BATHANIA STATION AND COLONIAL ESTATES WILL BE THREATENED BY FLOOD 

WATERS.



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



&&



LAT...LON 3610 8050 3612 8045 3622 8045 3626 8046

      3626 8045 3625 8003 3601 8004 3603 8018

      3599 8033 3597 8039 3604 8047 3604 8050

      3606 8051



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