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WGUS52 KRAH 262130

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

527 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER JOHNSTON COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON AND

  BENSON.



RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER WESTERN 

JOHNSTON COUNTY... BETWEEN COATS CROSSROADS AND SMITHFIELD. A SECOND 

STORM NORTH OF SMITHFIELD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTES 42 AND 96 

WAS ALSO PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. THESE HEAVY RAINFALL RATES 

COULD CAUSE RAPID RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS AND SEVERE FLOODING OF 

ROADS IN THIS AREA.



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.



LAT...LON 3578 7826 3555 7811 3536 7852 3551 7868

      3562 7856



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