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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

938 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DURHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  PERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  GRANVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT



* AT 936 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

TRAINING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN GRANVILLE... 

DURHAM... AND EASTERN PERSON COUNTIES. RADAR INDICATED THAT AS MUCH 

AS 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD OCCURRED SINCE 800 PM OVER NORTHERN 

DURHAM COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL SHIFT 

INTO WESTERN GRANVILLE COUNTY FROM EASTERN DURHAM AND EASTERN PERSON 

COUNTY BY 1000 PM. 



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE OXFORD...CREEDMOOR AND

  BUTNER.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 



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 3655 7860 3602 7856 3607 7869 3607 7874

      3602 7875 3603 7873 3602 7871 3597 7871

      3591 7876 3591 7879 3593 7880 3655 7890



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