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WGUS52 KRAH 180032

FFWRAH

NCC057-180200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

830 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEAST DAVIDSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 830 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED     

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THOMASVILLE IN NORTHEAST   

  DAVIDSON COUNTY... MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. 



* THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AROUND...  THOMASVILLE...

  AND MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. 



RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES AN HOUR WITH 

THESE STORMS. THESE RAINFALL RATES WILL PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF

FROM THOMASVILLE TO HIGH POINT. 



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

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING 

WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



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