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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

608 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  DURHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 900 AM EDT



* AT 602 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN DURHAM AND WAKE COUNTIES.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE WAKE FOREST...RDU

  INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...RALEIGH...GARNER...DURHAM AND CARY.



ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN FROM RALEIGH WESTWARD 

ACROSS CARY... MORRISVILLE... AND RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK SINCE 500 

AM. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO REDEVELOP OVER THIS AREA. 



FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... 

SWIFT CREEK... BRIER CREEK... CRABTREE CREEK... WHITE OAK CREEK... 

PANTHER CREEK... MIDDLE CREEK... AND CEDAR FORK. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS... AND UNDERPASSES.  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 3597 7851 3582 7827 3565 7854 3575 7894

      3586 7890 3586 7902 3604 7896



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