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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1028 AM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GUILFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 145 PM EDT



* AT 1018 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN SPREADING NORTH TOWARDS GUILFORD   

  COUNTY. THIS RAIN WILL REACH GREENSBORO BY 11 AM THIS

  MORNING... AND UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH       

  EARLY AFTERNOON. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY AS CREEKS ARE       

  ALREADY RUNNING HIGH AND THE GROUND IS SATURATED.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE GREENSBORO...           

  MCLEANSVILLE AND HIGH POINT.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS WEST GREENSBORO WILL CAUSE NORTH BUFFALO 

CREEK TO THREATEN NUMEROUS APARTMENTS IN THE ASHLEY CREEK AREA. 

LOCATIONS FROM MERRITT DRIVE TO HOLDEN ROAD...PINECROFT ROAD AND 

HIGHWAY 29 COULD ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. FURTHER DOWNSTREAM WATER 

WILL RISE IN AND AROUND LATHAM PARK THREATENING SEVERAL HOMES ALONG 

LATHAM ROAD. ROADS ALONG THE CREEK FROM WESTOVER TERRACE TO ELM 

STREET COULD ALSO BECOME THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. 



HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTH GREENSBORO WOULD CAUSE WATER TO RISE 

RAPIDLY ALONG BOTH SOUTH BUFFALO CREEK AND RYAN CREEK. FLOODING OF 

AREAS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE CREEKS CAN BE EXPECTED. PARKING 

LOTS OF SEVERAL BUSINESSES ALONG THE CREEKS COULD FLOOD.



HORSEPEN CREEK JUST NORTHWEST OF GREENSBORO WILL RISE RAPIDLY...  

THREATENING OLD BATTLEGROUND ROAD.



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. MANY ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS 

IN THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD...THREATENING TO STALL VEHICLES THAT 

ENTER THE WATER. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND... 

DONT DROWN.



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LAT...LON 3624 7953 3589 7954 3592 8003 3625 8003



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