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WGUS52 KRAH 132059

FFWRAH

NCC163-132230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

459 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT



* AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SAMPSON 

COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CLINTON...

  HARGROVE CROSSROADS...MIDWAY...PINEY GREEN...ROSEBORO AND

  SUTTONTOWN.



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.



NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR STORM DRAINS OR NEAR FLOODED CREEKS

AND STREAMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CREATE RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER THAT

CAN EASILY SWEEP A CHILD DOWNSTREAM. THE BANKS OF MANY CREEKS AND

STREAMS MAY ALSO BE WEAKENED AND PRONE TO COLLAPSE.



LAT...LON 3522 7821 3498 7815 3491 7852 3499 7862

      3518 7863



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