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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

116 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT



* AT 116 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   A 

BAND OF HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM ROXBORO...PEEPS STORE AND BETHEL 

HILL NORTH TO SOUTH BOSTON AND CHESTER VIRGINIA. THIS LARGE BAND OF 

HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS MOST OF PERSON COUNTY THROUGH 3 

PM. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ROXBORO WITH OVER A 

DOZEN ROADS CLOSED COUNTYWIDE. MILL CREEK NORTHEAST OF ROXBORO IS 

OUT OF ITS BANKS AND FLOODING SEVERAL ROADS. OTHER CREEKS SUCH AS 

CROOKED CREEK AND MARLOWES CREEK WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING. 



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING AROUND...

  CONCORD...

  CUNNINGHAM...

  GORDONTON...

  PEEDS STORE...

  ROXBORO...

  SURL...

  WOODSDALE...



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. NEVER DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES 

WHERE ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED BY FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DROWN...TURN 

AROUND. 



LAT...LON 3654 7879 3624 7881 3624 7915 3655 7914



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