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NCC067-300045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

645 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORSYTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 645 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER FORSYTH COUNTY AND MOVING 

INTO FORSYTH COUNTY FROM THE SOUTH.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING AROUND...

  WINSTON-SALEM

  RURAL HALL

  PFAFFTOWN

  CLEMMONS

  BELEWS CREEK



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER

THAN IT APPEARS. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO

SWEEP MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



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

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE

AREAS OR NEARBY FLOODING CREEKS AND STREAM SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

&&

THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES A SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD 

ADVISORY ISSUED EARLIER FOR FORSYTH COUNTY.

$$



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