

000 

WGUS52 KRAH 280140

FFWRAH

NCC183-280445-

/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0006.080428T0138Z-080428T0445Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

938 PM EDT SUN APR 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT



* AT 934 PM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL

  WAKE COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE RDU INTERNATIONAL

  AIRPORT...RALEIGH...GARNER AND CARY.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY ROADS AND

INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD THREATENING MOTORISTS.

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



WATER LEVELS ALONG CRABTREE CREEK AT OLD WAKE FOREST ROAD WERE 

RISING STEADILY. AT 930 PM EDT...THE WATER LEVEL AT OLD WAKE FOREST 

ROADS WAS 10.7 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET. AT 13 FEET...SECONDARY 

ROADS NEAR ATLANTIC AVENUE ARE UNDERWATER.



LAT...LON 3576 7890 3592 7875 3593 7874 3592 7851

      3579 7836 3563 7857



$$



WSS

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000 

WGUS52 KRAH 280140

FFWRAH

NCC183-280445-

/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0006.080428T0138Z-080428T0445Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

938 PM EDT SUN APR 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT



* AT 934 PM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL

  WAKE COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE RDU INTERNATIONAL

  AIRPORT...RALEIGH...GARNER AND CARY.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY ROADS AND

INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD THREATENING MOTORISTS.

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



WATER LEVELS ALONG CRABTREE CREEK AT OLD WAKE FOREST ROAD WERE 

RISING STEADILY. AT 930 PM EDT...THE WATER LEVEL AT OLD WAKE FOREST 

ROADS WAS 10.7 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET. AT 13 FEET...SECONDARY 

ROADS NEAR ATLANTIC AVENUE ARE UNDERWATER.



LAT...LON 3576 7890 3592 7875 3593 7874 3592 7851

      3579 7836 3563 7857



$$



WSS

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