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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

903 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DURHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 900 PM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER

  SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE AND DURHAM COUNTIES.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE DURHAM...CHAPEL HILL AND

  CARRBORO.



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.



LAT...LON 3610 7881 3607 7880 3606 7879 3606 7875

      3601 7875 3603 7872 3600 7870 3599 7871

      3586 7889 3587 7922 3612 7896 3614 7881



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