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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

514 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 645 PM EDT



* AT 514 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN GRANVILLE COUNTY.

  TWO TO THREE INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN 5 MILES WEST OF FAIRPORT

  AND JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 15. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG AND NEAR       

  FISHING AND BOULDING CREEKS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR FLOODING.   

 

* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AROUND...  

  

  FAIRPORT...

  HENDERSON OXFORD AIRPORT...

  HESTER...

  OXFORD AND I-85...

  



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3636 7851 3601 7852 3612 7881 3635 7878



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