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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

607 AM EST THU MAR 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 900 AM EST



* AT 607 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

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



COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT EXTENSIVE STANDING WATER ON MANY ROADS IN 

ALBEMARLE AND NEAR BADIN.  MUCH OF THIS AREA LIKELY RECEIVED UP TO 

TWO INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 2 AND 4 AM.  ANOTHER ROUND OF LOCALLY 

HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT STANLY COUNTY BETWEEN 630 AND 8 AM.  THIS 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY LEAD TO 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.



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LAT...LON 3517 8044 3524 8046 3532 8041 3542 8010

          3521 8011 3521 8026 3517 8035



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