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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

1115 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 145 AM EDT



* AT 1115 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



* RADAR ESTIMATES OF OVER 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 7 PM OCCURRING 

AFTER 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE AREA EARLIER TODAY IS LIKELY 

CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE WARNING AREA.



POLECAT CREEK...DEEP RIVER...CARAWAY CREEK...AND BACK CREEK WILL 

LIKELY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF RANDLEMAN... 

CENTRAL FALLS...AND AREAS NORTHWEST OF ASHEBORO.  HIGHWAYS 220 AND 

64 THROUGH THIS AREA MAY ALSO BE EXPERIENCING HIGHWAY FLOODING IN 

ADDITION TO FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

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



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