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WGUS52 KRAH 280437

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NCC167-280730-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1233 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 330 AM EDT



* AT 1233 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED    

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER STANLY COUNTY. TWO BANDS   

  OF HEAVY RAIN ONE EXTENDING FROM ALBEMARLE TO FLORENCE SOUTH       

  CAROLINA AND THE OTHER EXTENDING FROM NEAR LOCUST SOUTH TO         

  JEFFERSON SOUTH CAROLINA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THE HEAVIES    

  RAIN WILL FALL FROM ALBEMARLE SOUTH TO LOCUST...OAKBORO...AQUADALE 

  AND NORWOOD. RAINFALL RATES NEAR TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE  

  OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED AROUND...  

  ALBEMARLE...

  LOCUST...

  OAKBORO...

  NORWOOD...



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 VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. DONT DROWN...TURN AROUND.





LAT...LON 3548 8007 3519 8007 3518 8047 3549 8032



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