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WGUS52 KRAH 111750

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NCC069-101-183-112015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

148 PM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 415 PM EDT



* AT 148 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

ONE-AND-A-HALF INCHES PER HOUR OVER PARTS OF JOHNSTON... WAKE... AND 

FRANKLIN COUNTIES. CRABTREE CREEK HAS RISEN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT 

WAKE FOREST ROAD AND CRABTREE VALLEY MALL... AND IS RAPIDLY 

APPROACHING FLOOD STAGE AT ANDERSON DRIVE. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN 

WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 415 PM.



THESE AREAS HAVE RECEIVED ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN SINCE LAST 

EVENING. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN 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. 



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LAT...LON 3619 7809 3578 7825 3537 7818 3535 7849

          3568 7891 3617 7845



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