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WGUS52 KRAH 182052

FFWRAH

NCC151-182230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

450 PM EDT WED SEP 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT



* AT 450 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR PERSISTENT    

  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.  FLASH FLOODING HAS

  BEEN REPORTED ABOUT 8 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF ASHEBORO WITH ROAD

  CLOSURES OF JACKSON CREEK ROAD...FARMER DENTON ROAD...AND BESCHER

  CHAPEL ROAD. 



* THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING.



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

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



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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LAT...LON 3590 7982 3551 7982 3551 8006 3591 8003



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