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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

745 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GUILFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 745 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED     

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER GUILFORD COUNTY...

  FROM STOKESDALE TO THE PTI AIRPORT TO GREENSBORO.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING AROUND...

  STOKESDALE.

  LAKE TOWNSEND.

  GREENSBORO.



RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR

OVER NORTHWEST GUILFORD COUNTY. THESE RATES FALLING ON NEARLY

SATURATED GROUND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND 

FLASH FLOODING. 



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

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA MOVE 

TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER

COVERS THE ROAD. 



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