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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
551 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SCOTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  ANSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  RICHMOND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 550 PM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER
  RICHMOND...ANSON AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED
  TO CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM. SECTIONS OF ANSON...RICHMOND AND 
  SCOTLAND COUNTIES HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF 
  RAIN SINCE 445 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY THROUGH
  7 PM.

* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE WADESBORO...
  ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG AND HAMLET.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT
ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY AREAS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR
NEAR FLOODING CREEKS AND STREAM SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3480 7967 3480 7969 3481 8027 3482 8033
      3508 8029 3510 7968 3485 7934 3483 7934
      3481 7936 3479 7936 3466 7942 3463 7945

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