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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1217 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 130 PM EST



* AT 1212 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED   SOME   

  FLOODING IN AND AROUND GOLDSBORO. A FEW CARS ARE STUCK IN FLOOD    

  WATERS ON ROYAL AVE EAST OF GOLDSBORO. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUOUSLY   

  MOVE OVER EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY RESULTING IN AN ADDITIONAL HALF     

  INCH TO INCH OF RAIN.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE WALNUT CREEK...GOLDSBORO

  AND FREMONT.



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.



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. STORM DRAINS ARE

PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AND CAN QUICKLY PULL A CHILD UNDER WATER.



LAT...LON 3556 7782 3517 7784 3520 7809 3555 7803



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