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WGUS52 KRAH 300017

FFWRAH

NCC101-183-300315-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

817 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT



* AT 806 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEASTER WAKE AND NORTHWESTERN  

JOHNSTON COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES 

IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES IN AN HOUR.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE WENDELL AND ZEBULON.



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

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3589 7833 3589 7831 3584 7826 3580 7825

      3577 7825 3574 7822 3568 7831 3573 7844

      3581 7848 3592 7837 3592 7836



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