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WGUS52 KRAH 261221

FFWRAH

NCC127-195-261515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

819 AM EDT MON AUG 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  NASH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT



* AT 819 AM EDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA.





REPORTS OF FLOODED VEHICLES ON US 264 IN WILSON COUNTY HAVE BEEN 

RECEIVED. HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED 

ACROSS WILSON AND NASH COUNTIES. NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE THREE TO FOUR 

INCHES OF WATER ON THEM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. RESIDENTS 

NEAR CREEKS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE LOCAL WEATHER 

AND STREAMS CLOSELY THIS MORNING.



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.



$$



LAT...LON 3619 7802 3568 7779 3561 7802 3591 7823



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