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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

234 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORSYTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT



* AT 234 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER FORSYTH COUNTY.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING AROUND...

  CLEMMONS...

  DENNIS...

  KERNERSVILLE...

  PFAFFTOWN...

  ROSMONT...

  RURAL HALL...

  SMITH-REYNOLDS AIRPORT...

  TOBACCOVILLE...

  WINSTON-SALEM...



HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS 

ALONG MILL CREEK AND GRASSY CREEK WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING ON 

THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST SIDE OF WINSTON SALEM. GRASSY CREEK WILL 

CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WEST AND NORTHWEST OF WINSTON 

SALEM.



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 3624 8005 3601 8004 3601 8044 3624 8044



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