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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

611 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 610 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEW LONDON TO BADIN AND 

ALBEMARLE IN STANLY COUNTY.  



* THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WERE 

REDEVELOPING AND CONTINUOUSLY MOVING OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS. 

LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED ARE... 

ALBEMARLE... NEW LONDON... AND BADIN. 



RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR

WERE FALLING OVER AREAS THAT HAD ALREADY RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES

OF RAIN EARLIER TODAY. 



THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY FROM ALBEMARLE TO NEW 

LONDON AND BADIN. THIS IS A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOOD WATERS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU ARE IN 

A FLOOD PRONE AREA. 

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