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000 

WGUS52 KRAH 150317

FFWRAH

NCC101-150615-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1115 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 215 AM EDT



* AT 1115 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED PERSISTENT RAIN OVER JOHNSTON COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE SMITHFIELD...LINWOOD...

  CLAYTON AND BENSON.



JOHNSTON COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT CONTINUED MAJOR FLOODING PROBLEMS 

AROUND THE COUNTY. A SECTION OF INTERSTATE 95 NEAR EXIT 79 WAS 

CLOSED EARLIER DUE TO HIGH WATER... AND CARS WERE SUBMERGED IN FLOOD 

WATERS IN DOWNTOWN BENSON. ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS SUBMERGED IN FLOOD 

WATERS IN SMITHFIELD ON MARKET STREET. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT THAT 

THESE FLOOD WATERS HAVE NOT YET RECEDED. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE COUNTY SO FAR TODAY. 



ADDITIONAL MODERATE RAINFALL WILL PASS OVER JOHNSTON COUNTY THROUGH 

200 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA... AND THIS WILL ONLY WORSEN THE 

EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS.



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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS 

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. WHEN 

ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.





LAT...LON 3551 7870 3556 7867 3569 7848 3582 7826

      3574 7823 3572 7816 3560 7813 3558 7810

      3547 7812 3542 7816 3538 7814 3535 7816

      3531 7829 3527 7834 3527 7846



$$



GIH

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000 

WGUS52 KRAH 150317

FFWRAH

NCC101-150615-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1115 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 215 AM EDT



* AT 1115 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED PERSISTENT RAIN OVER JOHNSTON COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE SMITHFIELD...LINWOOD...

  CLAYTON AND BENSON.



JOHNSTON COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT CONTINUED MAJOR FLOODING PROBLEMS 

AROUND THE COUNTY. A SECTION OF INTERSTATE 95 NEAR EXIT 79 WAS 

CLOSED EARLIER DUE TO HIGH WATER... AND CARS WERE SUBMERGED IN FLOOD 

WATERS IN DOWNTOWN BENSON. ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS SUBMERGED IN FLOOD 

WATERS IN SMITHFIELD ON MARKET STREET. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT THAT 

THESE FLOOD WATERS HAVE NOT YET RECEDED. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE COUNTY SO FAR TODAY. 



ADDITIONAL MODERATE RAINFALL WILL PASS OVER JOHNSTON COUNTY THROUGH 

200 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA... AND THIS WILL ONLY WORSEN THE 

EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS.



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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS 

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. WHEN 

ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.





LAT...LON 3551 7870 3556 7867 3569 7848 3582 7826

      3574 7823 3572 7816 3560 7813 3558 7810

      3547 7812 3542 7816 3538 7814 3535 7816

      3531 7829 3527 7834 3527 7846



$$



GIH

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