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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

112 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING FOR MOORE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 215 AM EDT



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED DURING THE PAST HOUR BUT 

AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER 

NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOORE COUNTY THROUGH 200 AM. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN 

HAS LESSENED...STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AROUND...

  ROBBINS.

  CARTHAGE.

  CAMERON.



AT LEAST ONE RESCUE WAS REQUIRED SHORTLY BEFORE 100 A.M. WEST OF 

CARTHAGE AS FLOOD WATERS WASHED A VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. BE 

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROAD 

WAYS. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY 

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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