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WGUS52 KRAH 090028

FFWRAH

NCC105-090230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

826 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT



* AT 826 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER LEE COUNTY. ABOUT AN

  INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR SANFORD SINCE 730 PM. 

  AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH 930 PM. THIS SAME

  AREA EXPERIENCED FLOODING THIS MORNING.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING AROUND...

  TRAMWAY.

  SANFORD.

  CUMNOCK... AND ALONG LITTLE BUFFALO CREEK..



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. 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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