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WGUS52 KRAH 111250

FFWRAH

NCC037-063-077-151-111515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

850 AM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  DURHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  GRANVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT



* AT 850 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING.



RADAR INDICATES THAT RAIN IS FALLING AT A RATE OF ONE TO ONE AND A 

HALF INCHES PER HOUR OVER PARTS OF RANDOLPH... CHATHAM... DURHAM... 

AND GRANVILLE COUNTIES. THESE AREAS HAVE RECEIVED ONE TO FOUR INCHES 

OF RAIN SINCE LAST EVENING. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. MOTORISTS 

SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL AROUND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND 

CONSTRUCTION ZONES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER COVERING THE ROAD... 

DONT TAKE CHANCES. TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. 



$$



LAT...LON 3653 7871 3653 7850 3609 7857 3611 7872

          3571 7903 3558 7927 3557 7999 3582 7997

          3584 7901



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