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WGUS52 KRAH 160358

FFWRAH

NCC037-160600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1157 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 1152 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED   SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY.

  AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SOUTH OF SILER CITY SINCE 

  1045 PM EDT. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH 1 AM EDT.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE SILER CITY AND GOLDSTON.



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 3580 7930 3555 7924 3552 7955 3583 7953



$$



WSS

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000 

WGUS52 KRAH 160358

FFWRAH

NCC037-160600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1157 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 1152 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED   SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY.

  AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SOUTH OF SILER CITY SINCE 

  1045 PM EDT. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH 1 AM EDT.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE SILER CITY AND GOLDSTON.



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 3580 7930 3555 7924 3552 7955 3583 7953



$$



WSS

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