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WGUS52 KRAH 150020

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

815 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT



* AT 815 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WERE TRAINING FROM WEST TO EAST OVER NORTHERN JOHNSTON 

COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD ALREADY FALLEN FROM COATS CROSSROADS TO CLAYTON. IN ADDITION... 

THERE WERE SEVERAL LARGE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL AFFECT THESE SAME 

AREAS BETWEEN 815 PM AND 930 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES 

OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. 



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE COATS CROSSROADS... 

CLAYTON... FLOWERS... SMITHFIELD.



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

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3578 7828 3553 7809 3538 7833 3535 7854

      3552 7868 3567 7849



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