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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

620 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER WILSON AND NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTIES.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE 

  WILSON...FREMONT...LUCAMA AND ELM CITY.



WAYNE COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT THAT MOYER ROAD IN THE NORTHERN PART 

OF THE COUNTY WAS EXPERIENCING HIGH WATER. OTHER RAODS NEAR THE 

WILSON WAYNE COUNTY LINE ARE LIKELY ALSO EXPERIENCING HIGH WATER.



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 3542 7815 3551 7811 3554 7809 3558 7807

      3560 7813 3573 7818 3584 7783 3542 7782

      3539 7780



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