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WGUS52 KRAH 200029

FFWRAH

NCC167-200230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

828 PM EDT WED MAY 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT



* AT 828 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR ALBEMARLE.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING AROUND...

  ALBEMARLE ALONG TOWN CREEK...

  AUSTIN MILLS ALONG LONG CREEK...

  MOUNTAIN CREEK NORTH OF ALBEMARLE NEAR HIGHWAY 740. 





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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