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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

453 PM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  DURHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  GRANVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* WHILE THE PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS MUCH THE 

NORTHEAST PIEDMONT...CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE STILL RISING OR OUT 

OF THEIR BANKS.  CRABTREE CREEK IN RALEIGH WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS IN 

SEVERAL PLACES...AND WAS EITHER HOLDING STEADY OR SLOWLY RISING.  

SEVERAL CREEKS IN WAKE COUNTY WERE STILL QUITE HIGH INCLUDING SWIFT 

CREEK...MIDDLE CREEK AND WALNUT CREEK.



IN DURHAM COUNTY...CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE AT BANKFULL OR OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS...ESPECIALLY IN THE EAST AND SOUTH SECTIONS OF THE 

COUNTY.  STREET FLOODING WAS STILL A PROBLEM IN SPOTS IN DURHAM.



IN GRANVILLE COUNTY...LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL REPORT NUMEROUS 

ROADS ARE STILL CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.



IT WILL TAKE A FEW MORE HOURS FOR THE WATER LEVELS TO DROP. THUS THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS.



* 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.



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