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NCC057-151-081500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

800 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  DAVIDSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT



* AT 800 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN DAVIDSON AND WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES. A  

  BAND OF HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM THOMASVILLE TO NEAR ALBEMARLE    

  WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE AREA CAUSING FLOODING THIS MORNING.     

  ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS STANLY COUNTY    

  REACHING THE AREA SHORTLY AFTER 9AM. HEAVY RAINFALL RATES AROUND   

  1 INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. RANDOLPH STREET IN THOMASVILLE IS 

  ALREADY BEING CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.





* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING AROUND...

  ARCHDALE...

  DENTON...

  FAIR GROVE...

  GLENOLA...

  GUM TREE...

  LASSITER MILL...

  MOTLETA...

  THOMASVILLE...

  ULAH...



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 3592 7990 3551 7980 3551 8018 3600 8021



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