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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1238 AM EDT THU AUG 28 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN PERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  GRANVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 330 AM EDT



* AT 1234 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING 

BACK OVER WESTERN GRANVILLE AND EASTERN PERSON COUNTY. RAINFALL 

RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WERE INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR. IN 

ADDITION... RADAR ESTIMATES OF AS MUCH AS 6 TO 8 INCHES HAD ALREADY 

FALLEN ALONG THE PERSON AND GRANVILLE COUNTY LINE SINCE 930 PM. 



HIGHWAY 158 ALONG WITH RURAL ROADS THROUGHOUT WESTERN GRANVILLE 

COUNTY APPEAR MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING. 



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE OXFORD...CREEDMOOR  

BUTNER... MORIAH... STEM AND OAK HILL.



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 3654 7851 3647 7852 3610 7853 3607 7855

      3602 7855 3607 7869 3606 7879 3607 7880

      3610 7881 3623 7881 3623 7886 3655 7889



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