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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1021 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 100 PM EDT



* AT 1021 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED    

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN ANSON COUNTY. A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS 

  EXTENDED FROM NEAR BARNSVILLE TO WHITES STORE. THIS BAND OF HEAVY  

  RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL MOVE EAST AND 

  NORTH ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS REPORTING 25    

  ROADS CLOSED COUNTYWIDE.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AROUND...

  ANSONVILLE...

  BARNSVILLE...

  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.



LAT...LON 3515 7990 3481 7988 3479 8033 3515 8030



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