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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1029 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEAST CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  NORTHWEST WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  DURHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT



* AT 1025 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING SLOWLY TO THE 

NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH OVER NORTHERN CHATHAM... WESTERN WAKE... 

SOUTHEAST ORANGE AND DURHAM COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 TO 2 

INCHES PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. THIS HEAVY RAIN 

WILL AFFECT AN AREA THAT ALREADY HAD TOTALED 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN 

FROM EARLIER STORMS. 



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE DURHAM... BAHAMA... 

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK... CHAPEL HILL... HILLSBOROUGH... RDU 

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... FEARINGTON... FALLS LAKE. 



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 3621 7883 3617 7881 3610 7881 3606 7879

      3607 7869 3600 7851 3595 7849 3579 7868

      3569 7892 3570 7930 3584 7928 3584 7924

      3591 7927 3623 7926



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