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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

734 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT



* AT 734 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO SOUTHERN AND WESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY.        

  HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO THE SILER CITY AND GOLDSTON AREAS

  BY AROUND 800 PM...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED BY 900 PM.

  FLOODING WILL ESPECIALLY LIKELY FROM THE PITTSBORO AREA WEST.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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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LAT...LON 3554 7955 3559 7915 3585 7913 3585 7955



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