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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

913 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCOTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  HOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  SOUTHEAST MOORE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT



* AT 910 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN TRAINING SLOWLY TO 

THE NORTHEAST OVER PORTIONS OF SCOTLAND... SOUTHEASTERN MOORE... 

WESTERN CUMBERLAND... AND HOKE COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 

2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING... ESPECIALLY AROUND RAEFORD AND 

JUST WEST OF FORT BRAGG AND SPRING LAKE. THIS WAS OCCURRING IN AN 

AREA THAT HAD ALREADY RECEIVED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN. 



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE SOUTHERN PINES...

  RAEFORD...POPE AFB...FORT BRAGG...ANTIOCH AND ABERDEEN.



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.



LAT...LON 3477 7954 3535 7937 3520 7916 3520 7911

      3519 7908 3521 7901 3521 7896 3492 7897

      3495 7903 3483 7918 3483 7933 3481 7934

      3477 7933



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