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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

519 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 518 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING OVER SATURATED 

GROUND IN EASTERN CHATHAM AND WESTERN ORANGE COUNTIES. RAINFALL 

RATES OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. 



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE PITTSBORO...  

HILLSBOROUGH...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO...FEARINGTON...JORDAN LAKE. 



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.



LAT...LON 3624 7897 3586 7902 3585 7898 3586 7897

      3581 7892 3561 7900 3558 7893 3553 7896

      3554 7902 3562 7911 3562 7914 3556 7920

      3557 7923 3560 7918 3583 7918 3584 7924

      3590 7926 3624 7926



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