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NCC069-090215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

808 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 808 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE 

SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED THAT WATER WAS CROSSING THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY 

39 NEAR HALLS CROSSROADS



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING AROUND...

  LOUISBURG.... BUNN... AND ALONG CYPRESS CREEK AND JUMPING RUN 

  CREEK.



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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