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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

729 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT



* AT 725 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE 

FLASH FLOODING WAS CONTINUING OVER CHATHAM COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED 

THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER JORDAN 

LAKE AND FEARINGTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAIN WAS MOVING INTO THE COUNTY FROM LEE AND MOORE COUNTIES. THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH 1030 PM. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OVER THE SATURATED GROUND WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLASH 

FLOODING. 



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE SILER 

CITY...PITTSBORO... BYNUM AND GOLDSTON.



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 3586 7890 3561 7900 3558 7895 3553 7896

      3554 7902 3561 7908 3562 7914 3556 7920

      3557 7923 3553 7927 3554 7931 3551 7935

      3551 7955 3584 7954 3584 7925 3586 7924

      3587 7925



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