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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

637 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  NASH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT



* AT 631 PM EDT... SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER NASH...NORTHWESTERN

  EDGECOMBE AND WILSON COUNTIES. UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

  POSSIBLY FALLEN NEAR NASHVILLE AND WEST OF WILSON SINCE 530 PM 

  EDT. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2  INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE 

  WARNED AREA THROUGH 8 PM.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE WILSON...ROCKY MOUNT...

  NASHVILLE...ELM CITY...DORTCHES AND BAILEY.



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.



NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR STORM DRAINS OR NEAR FLOODED CREEKS

AND STREAMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CREATE RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER THAT

CAN EASILY SWEEP A CHILD DOWNSTREAM. THE BANKS OF MANY CREEKS AND

STREAMS MAY ALSO BE WEAKENED AND PRONE TO COLLAPSE. STORM DRAINS ARE

PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AND CAN QUICKLY PULL A CHILD UNDER WATER.



LAT...LON 3583 7770 3559 7804 3560 7813 3571 7816

      3572 7820 3581 7825 3617 7793 3614 7789

      3614 7777 3612 7763 3610 7762 3609 7757



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