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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

939 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 1130 AM EDT



* AT 932 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MINOR     

  FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS THE WARNED      

  AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RANGING UP TO ONE INCH IS EXPECTED LATE  

  THIS MORNING. THIS RAIN WILL EXACERBATE FLOODING ALREADY IN        

  PROGRESS...AND POSSIBLY CAUSE FLOODING IN NEW AREAS.



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

  SARATOGA...LINWOOD...ELM CITY AND BAILEY.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE WARNING ISSUED EARLIER THIS MORNING FOR 

THESE AREAS. 



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 3581 7736 3582 7739 3579 7748 3558 7781

      3558 7794 3568 7848 3582 7825 3589 7830

      3592 7836 3594 7835 3593 7735 3591 7734



$$



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