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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

900 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORSYTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 900 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WESTERN FORSYTH COUNTY. RAINFALL RANGING

  BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THIS AREA SINCE 500 PM.    

  THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ON MUDDY AND MILL  

  CREEKS IN WESTERN FORSYTH COUNTY. URBAN FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY IN 

  WINSTON SALEM...PHAFFTOWN...LEWISVILLE...AND CLEMMONS AS WELL.



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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LAT...LON 3604 8046 3598 8036 3602 8006 3617 8003

          3619 8044



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