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WGUS52 KRAH 280027

FFWRAH

NCC051-280230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

824 PM EDT TUE AUG 27 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT



* AT 824 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE AIRPORT 

AT FAYETTEVILLE MEASURED JUST OVER AN INCH OF RAIN BETWEEN 755 PM 

AND 815 PM.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNED AREA...

  RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND

  FOUR INCHES MAY OCCUR ACROSS CUMBERLAND COUNTY BETWEEN 830 AND

  10 PM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. MOTORISTS NEED TO AVOID STREETS 

AND INTERSECTIONS KNOWN TO FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS.



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LAT...LON 3526 7867 3486 7864 3484 7890 3514 7909



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