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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

900 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 857 PM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED

  OVER CUMBERLAND COUNTY.  MOST PRONE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS THE CITY OF

  FAYETTEVILLE...WHERE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS MOVING OVER 2 INCHES SINCE 730 PM OVER THE CITY.

  THE FAYETTEVILLE AIRPORT REPORTED OVER 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN ABOUT

  45 MINUTES BETWEEN 8 PM AND 853 PM.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE POPE AFB...GODWIN...FORT

  BRAGG AND FAYETTEVILLE.



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. 



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. STORM DRAINS ARE PARTICULARLY 

DANGEROUS AND CAN QUICKLY PULL A CHILD UNDER WATER.



LAT...LON 3489 7894 3500 7906 3519 7908 3524 7864

      3505 7867 3498 7863 3495 7860 3485 7853

      3484 7890



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