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000 

WGUS52 KRAH 020057

FFWRAH

NCC183-020300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

857 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 852 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED     

  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN  

  MOVING INTO SOUTHEASTERN WAKE COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHWEST.



WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER MEASUREMENTS INDICATE THAT 

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN 

SOUTHEASTERN WAKE COUNTY.  LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF SIX TO EIGHT INCHES 

MAY HAVE OCCURRED IN SOME SPOTS...BETWEEN GARNER AND WENDELL... 

INCLUDING THE SHOTWELL AREA.  SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FLOODED 

IN THE WARNING AREA.



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.



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

THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 



$$



RFG

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000 

WGUS52 KRAH 020057

FFWRAH

NCC183-020300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

857 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 852 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED     

  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN  

  MOVING INTO SOUTHEASTERN WAKE COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHWEST.



WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER MEASUREMENTS INDICATE THAT 

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN 

SOUTHEASTERN WAKE COUNTY.  LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF SIX TO EIGHT INCHES 

MAY HAVE OCCURRED IN SOME SPOTS...BETWEEN GARNER AND WENDELL... 

INCLUDING THE SHOTWELL AREA.  SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FLOODED 

IN THE WARNING AREA.



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.



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

THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 



$$



RFG

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