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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

231 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 530 AM EDT



* AT 230 AM EDT... RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY     

  OVER CUMBERLAND INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN SAMPSON COUNTIES. RADAR   

  RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN   

  THE PAST 24 HOURS... WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED     

  WITH THE CURRENT THUNDERSTORMS. LOCAL OBSERVERS REPORTED NEARLY    

  1.5 INCHES OF RAIN NEAR FAYETTEVILLE IN 20 MINUTES. THESE RAINFALL 

  RATES ON TOP OF AN ALREADY WET GROUND... MAY PRODUCE FLASH         

  FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND FAYETTEVILLE... AND NEAR      

  SALEMBURG TO CLINTON IN SAMPSON COUNTY. 





* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE FAYETTEVILLE AND

  CLINTON.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MOTORISTS 

SHOULD TURN AROUND WHEN ENCOUNTERING WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 



LAT...LON 3482 7829 3483 7845 3485 7849 3484 7852

      3484 7889 3492 7897 3507 7894 3520 7877

      3522 7849 3522 7825 3521 7822 3517 7817

      3497 7816 3479 7818



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