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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

645 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  NASH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 945 AM EDT



* AT 643 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...NASH...SOUTHERN           

  EDGECOMBE...WILSON... AND NORTHEASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE WILSON...TARBORO...

  SARATOGA...ROCKY MOUNT...NASHVILLE...LOUISBURG...LINWOOD...

  FRANKLINTON...ELM CITY...DORTCHES...BUNN AND BAILEY.



ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE 545 

AM. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO REDEVELOP OVER THIS AREA. RAINFALL 

TOTALS OVER TWO AND A HALF INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.



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 3582 7739 3579 7748 3557 7781 3560 7806

      3568 7849 3582 7825 3589 7831 3589 7833

      3597 7842 3601 7853 3603 7854 3613 7850

      3603 7783 3587 7736



$$



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