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WGUS52 KRAH 182148

FFWRAH

NCC167-190030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

537 PM EDT SAT AUG 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STANLY COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 537 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUOUSLY 

REDEVOLOPING OVER WESTERN STANLY COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS WEST OF 

ALBEMARLE SUCH AS FINGER AND PLYLER. RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES 

PER HOUR OR MORE CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT 

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS. BEAR CREEK AND LONG CREEK WILL 

BE THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING.



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT



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