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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

821 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 825 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL HAS EXCEEDED 2 

  INCHES OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY SINCE 600 PM. SOME 

  MINOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE THOMASVILLE AREA. RAIN WILL     

  CONTINUE OVER THIS AREA THROUGH AROUND 930 PM...AND AN ADDITIONAL

  INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. AS SUCH...FLOODING IS LIKELY ON SMALLER

  CREEKS AND STREAMS. MUCH OF THE WATER WILL BE FLOWING DOWN ABBOTTS

  CREEK...WHICH FLOWS INTO LEXINGTON...AND HAMBY CREEK...WHICH FLOWS

  THROUGH THOMASVILLE. 



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

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



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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