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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

729 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 729 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN WAKE COUNTY.  RADAR 

ESTIMATES SHOW OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF 

EASTERN WAKE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF WENDELL AND 

GARNER ALONG HIGHWAY 70.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AROUND...

  WENDELL.

  NEW HOPE.

  KNIGHTDALE.

  GARNER.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER

THAN IT APPEARS. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO

SWEEP MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



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