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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

855 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT



* AT 853 PM EDT... SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 

  PERSISTED OVER LEE COUNTY. BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE 

  FALLEN SINCE 730 PM. 



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE SANFORD AS WELL AS

  POCKET CREEK...THE UPPER LITTLE RIVER SOUTH OF SANFORD AND BIG

  BUFFALO CREEK.



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.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY AREAS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR

NEAR FLOODING CREEKS AND STREAM SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 3545 7934 3556 7921 3550 7900 3531 7917

      3531 7918



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