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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

652 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL NASH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 647 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM LOUISBURG EAST 

INTO THE RED OAK AREA. THE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY AND WERE 

PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR. STORM 

TOTALS AS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR WERE APPROACHING 3 INCHES FROM 

LOUISBURG EAST ALONG NC-581 AND NC-561 TOWARD CENTERVILLE AND THE 

NASH COUNTY LINE. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH 

FLOODING IN THESE AREAS. 



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE LOUISBURG... RURAL 

FRANKLIN COUNTY EAST OF LOUISBURG... CENTERVILLE... RURAL NASH 

COUNTY JUST WEST OF NASHVILLE. 



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 3619 7800 3618 7798 3619 7797 3618 7795

      3611 7782 3595 7806 3601 7821 3600 7836

      3613 7834 3621 7806



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