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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1029 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT



* AT 1024 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED   THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN WAKE   

  COUNTY. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 930 PM AND 1030  

  PM...AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1130 PM.

  FLOODING MAY CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE RAIN ENDS.



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

  APEX...BAYLEAF...CARY...DOWNTOWN RALEIGH...FUQUAY-VARINA...GREEN

  LEVEL...HOLLY SPRINGS...LAKE WHEELER...MORRISVILLE...NEW HILL...

  NORTH RALEIGH...RDU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...WAKE FOREST AND WEST   

  RALEIGH.



MUCH OF THE RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE CRABTREE CREEK BASIN IN WESTERN 

WAKE COUNTY. THE STORMS WILL BE SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER 

OF THE BASIN DURING THE NEXT HOUR. FLOODING IS LIKELY IN AREAS ALONG 

CRABTREE CREEK IN NORTH RALEIGH. PEOPLE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS 

ALONG SWIFT CREEK AND OTHER SMALLER CREEKS IN THE RALEIGH AREA 

SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION TO 

PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY ROADS AND

INTERSECTIONS WILL QUICKLY FLOOD THREATENING MOTORISTS. DONT DROWN...

TURN AROUND.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3597 7847 3577 7858 3555 7881 3560 7899

      3583 7891 3597 7871



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