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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1102 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  DAVIDSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 200 PM EDT



* AT 1102 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN DAVIDSON...WESTERN RANDOLPH AND       

  EASTERN STANLY COUNTIES. A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN EXTENDS FROM         

  ASHEBORO AND DENTON SOUTH TO WADESBORO. THIS HEAVY RAIN WITH      

  RAINFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED     

  FLOODING ACROSS EASTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY AND WESTERN RANDOLPH       

  COUNTIES. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE 

  NEXT FEW HOUR. RANDOLPH STREET IS FLOODED IN THOMASVILLE AND LAW   

  EDGECOMBE HAS REPORTED ONE WATER RESCUE.



* HEAVY RAIN WILL IMPACT...

  ALBEMARLE...

  ASHEBORO...

  DENTON...

  NORWOOD...

  THOMASVILLE...



HARDY AND UGLY CREEKS IN SOUTHERN STANLY COUNTY JUST WEST OF NORWOOD 

ARE PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING. BRIDGES IN THE ZION CHURCH ROAD AREA 

NEAR COTTONVILLE EASILY FLOOD FROM RAPIDLY RISING WATER.



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 3590 7974 3551 7973 3550 8006 3515 8008

      3521 8026 3592 8020



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