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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

755 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RICHMOND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 755 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN RICHMOND COUNTY.

  ABOUT 3 INCHES OF RAIN AS FALLEN OVER THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF

  RICHMOND COUNTY SINCE 630 PM. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS 

  LIKELY THROUGH 9 PM.  



* THE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING AROUND...

  ELLERBE AND ALONG LITTLE MOUNTAIN CREEK AS WELL AS ALONG NAKED

  CREEK EAST OF NORMAN.



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.



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