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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1202 AM EDT THU AUG 28 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 300 AM EDT



* AT 1159 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

PERSON COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR 

WILL FALL OVER A SATURATED GROUND. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL ESTIMATED BY 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND LOCALLY 6 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD ALREADY FALLEN. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE FLASH 

FLOODING. 



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE ROXBORO AND RURAL 

PERSON COUNTY. 



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 7890 3623 7885 3624 7916 3655 7915

      3655 7914



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