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WGUS52 KRAH 182151

FFWRAH

NCC167-182315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

549 PM EDT WED SEP 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 715 PM EDT



* AT 549 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN STANLY COUNTY INCLUDING THE AREAS AROUND

  BADIN...NEW LONDON...AND RICHFIELD.  RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW RAIN 

  FALLING AT A RATE OF 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNED AREA...

  RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.



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.



$$



LAT...LON 3550 8018 3537 8006 3532 8026 3539 8035

          3548 8028



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