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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1203 AM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GUILFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT



* AT 1203 AM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH      

  FLOODING IN GREENSBORO AND ALONG BUFFALO CREEK.



* ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING AROUND...

  GREENSBORO...



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS WEST GREENSBORO WILL CAUSE NORTH BUFFALO 

CREEK TO THREATEN NUMEROUS APARTMENTS IN THE ASHLEY CREEK AREA. 

PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 REMAINED CLOSED FROM FLOODING. LOCATIONS 

FROM MERRITT DRIVE TO HOLDEN ROAD...PINECROFT ROAD AND HIGHWAY 29 

WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING. FURTHER DOWNSTREAM WATER WILL CONTINUE TO 

RISE IN AND AROUND LATHAM PARK THREATENING SEVERAL HOMES ALONG 

LATHAM ROAD. ROADS ALONG THE CREEK FROM WESTOVER TERRACE TO ELM 

STREET COULD ALSO BECOME THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. 



INTERSTATE 40 IS COMPLETELY CLOSED FROM GALLIMORE DAIRY ROAD TO 

HIGHWAY 68. 



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3614 7969 3599 7965 3600 7994 3614 7992



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