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000 

WGUS52 KRAH 100243

FFWRAH

NCC183-100545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1040 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 1040 PM EDT.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN 

THE   WARNED AREA.  RADAR INDICATES THAT OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

OCCURRED IN THE SWIFT CREEK BASIN AND RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL.  

CREEKS IN SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY SWIFT CREEK...ARE LIKELY 

TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING LATE TONIGHT.



MOTORISTS NEED TO REMEMBER NEVER TO DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER IS 

FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS.  MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT.

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