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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

727 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  MOORE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  HARNETT COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  LEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT



* AT 713 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WAKE...JOHNSTON...LEE...

  HARNETT...MOORE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE SOUTHERN PINES...

  SMITHFIELD...SANFORD...RDU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...RALEIGH...POPE

  AFB...PINEHURST...LINWOOD...LILLINGTON...GODWIN...GARNER...

  FUQUAY-VARINA...FORT BRAGG...FAYETTEVILLE...DUNN...CLAYTON...

  CARY...CARTHAGE...BENSON...ANGIER AND ABERDEEN.



TROPICAL STORM HANNA CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 

MPH. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED...WITH SOME LOCATIONS 

RECEIVING MORE THAN TWO INCHES...SUCH AS NORTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTY.



SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR BANKS AND A FEW ROADS 

ARE IMPASSABLE. RAINS WILL BEGIN TO END THIS MORNING...HOWEVER FLOOD 

WATERS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE. THEREFORE FLOOD WATERS MAY PERSIST 

FOR AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER RAINS END. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO 

THIS DANGER THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. THOSE LIVING NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS

SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK

ACTION.



LAT...LON 3517 7910 3524 7920 3504 7945 3506 7948

      3517 7961 3548 7977 3554 7902 3552 7898

      3556 7892 3584 7890 3590 7873 3604 7870

      3588 7835 3556 7808 3529 7836 3531 7854

      3525 7861 3509 7871 3487 7855 3486 7892



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