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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

616 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN MOORE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  WESTERN HARNETT COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  LEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

EXTENDING FROM CARTHAGE TO SANFORD... MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. 

RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL FALL OVER ALREADY 

SATURATED GROUND. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER HOKE AND 

WESTERN HARNETT COUNTIES WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE CARTHAGE... SANFORD... 

PINEVIEW. 



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 3537 7937 3551 7944 3551 7935 3553 7931

      3554 7931 3555 7929 3553 7927 3557 7923

      3555 7921 3562 7914 3561 7908 3555 7904

      3553 7901 3522 7896 3521 7897 3519 7918



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