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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

639 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN NASH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 637 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN NASH COUNTY

  FROM CASTALIA TO RED OAK TO ROCKY MOUNT.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND MOVING SOUTHEAST   

  AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... 

  RED OAK.

  NASHVILLE.

  DORTCHES.

  CASTALIA.



RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN

FROM NEAR CASTALIA TO RED OAK. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES

PER HOUR WILL PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE

TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS. 



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

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

WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



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