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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

940 PM EDT TUE AUG 27 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT



* AT 937 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND 

ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN JOHNSTON 

COUNTY SHORTLY.  SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTY HAVE ALREADY 

RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES SINCE LATE AFTERNOON.  ANOTHER 

ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE AROUND BENSON AND FOUR OAKS 

BETWEEN 940 PM AND NOW AND 11 PM. 



THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF...RESULTING 

RAPID RISES ALONG SWIFT CREEK...HANNAH CREEK...BLACK CREEK...STONE

CREEK...BAWDY CREEK AND MOCCASIN CREEK. IF YOU LIVE NEAR OR BY A 

A CREEK...BE ALERT AND BE READY TO HEAD TO HIGH GROUND IF THE CREEK 

SUDDENLY RISES.



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



$$



LAT...LON 3572 7816 3533 7826 3526 7846 3543 7861

          3572 7850



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