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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

712 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT



* AT 715 AM BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING NORTH ACROSS ANSON       

  COUNTY. THROUGH 10 AM RAINFALL RATES WILL REMAIN AROUND 1 INCH PER 

  HOUR. TWO BANDS OF RAIN...ONE MOVING FROM MORVEN TO WADESBORO AND  

  POLKTON WILL CAUSE FLOODING THROUGH 8 AM. A SECOND BAND OF HEAVY   

  RAIN MOVING NORTH OUT OF SOUTH CAROLINA WILL IMPACT THE AREA BY    

  815 AM. THESE 2 SHOTS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE FLOODING         

  ACROSS THE AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS REPORTING SEVERAL ROADS BEING  

  CLOSED COUNTYWIDE. 



* HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING WILL IMPACT...

  ANSONVILLE...

  BARNSVILLE...

  CEDAR HILL...

  LONG PINE...

  MINERAL SPRINGS...

  WADESBORO...



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.



NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR STORM DRAINS OR NEAR FLOODED CREEKS

AND STREAMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CREATE RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER THAT

CAN EASILY SWEEP A CHILD DOWNSTREAM. THE BANKS OF MANY CREEKS AND

STREAMS MAY ALSO BE WEAKENED AND PRONE TO COLLAPSE.



LAT...LON 3516 7988 3478 7988 3477 8034 3516 8035



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