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WGUS52 KRAH 092351

FFWRAH

NCC125-100100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

745 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN MOORE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 745 PM EDT VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN 

MOORE COUNTY. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PORTIONS 

OF SOUTHERN MOORE COUNTY AROUND ABERDEEN DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF 

HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 900 PM.

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ON ROUTES 15 AND 501 AND 211 AROUND 

ABERDEEN.





* SOME AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...FOXFIRE...TAYLORTOWN...PINEHURST...

  ABERDEEN. SOME STREAMS AFFECTED INCLUDE DROWNING CREEK...DEEP      

  CREEK...AND HORSE CREEK



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

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING 

WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS DRIVING AT NIGHT 

WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH 

FLOODS. NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR STORM DRAINS OR NEAR 

FLOODED CREEKS AND STREAMS. 



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