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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

519 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 715 PM EDT



* AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER GOLDSBORO. THUNDERSTORMS 

WERE TRAINING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CITY. 

RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL 

OCCUR. IN ADDITION... A LOCAL SPOTTER LOCATED 1.3 MILES NORTHEAST OF 

DOWNTOWN GOLDSBORO REPORTED 1.23 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES. 



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE GOLDSBORO AND WALNUT 

CREEK.



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 3536 7780 3535 7782 3516 7784 3515 7790

      3518 7801 3517 7811 3518 7816 3520 7817

      3523 7827 3528 7830 3532 7826 3531 7824

      3534 7821 3535 7816 3542 7815 3547 7811

      3554 7782 3542 7782



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