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WGUS52 KRAH 052339

FFWRAH

NCC163-060130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

735 PM EDT MON JUN 5 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT



* AT 735 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL

  SAMPSON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF      

  AROUND 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT STORM TOTAL       

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 2.5 AND 4.0 INCHES HAD OCCURRED IN THE 

  AREA SINCE 530 PM. 



* THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS 

  BETWEEN TURKEY... CLINTON... HOBBTON... AND FAISON. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED 

ROADS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3510 7837 3518 7818 3500 7816 3499 7832



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