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WGUS52 KRAH 190056

FFWRAH

NCC167-190400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

854 PM EDT SAT AUG 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BIG BEAR CREEK IN WESTERN STANLY COUNTY 



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 854 PM EDT...FLOOD WATERS CAUSED BY TORRENTIAL RAINS EARLIER 

THIS EVENING CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN BIG BEAR CREEK APPROXIMATELY 7 

MILES WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF ALBEMARLE IN STANLY COUNTY.  AREAS DOWN 

STREAM TOWARD THE ROCKY RIVER MAY CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLASH 

FLOODING ALONG BIG BEAR CREEK.



* SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS CROSSING BIG BEAR CREEK HAVE BEEN CLOSED 

BECAUSE OF THE FLASH FLOODING.  ONE VEHICLE WAS REPORTED TO BE 

COVERED TO THE ROOFTOP BY FLOOD WATERS.  



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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.



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RFG

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