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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

747 AM EDT MON AUG 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  VANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  WARREN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT



* AT 747 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS    

  WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL

  ACROSS VANCE... WARREN... AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. RADAR HAS

  ESTIMATED THAT FROM 2 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THIS

  AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT. LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED ROAD CLOSURES

  IN VANCE COUNTY... AND FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN

  SOUTHWEST AND NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAIN FALLING AT

  A RATE OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE OVER THE 

  WARNED AREA.



CREEK BASINS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING THIS MORNING INCLUDE 

AREAS ALONG SHOCKO CREEK AND NEAR NORLINA. 



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED. NEVER DRIVE AROUND LAW ENFORCEMENT POSTED BARRICADES...

AS YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS.



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