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WGUS52 KRAH 162036

FFWRAH

NCC153-162230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

435 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RICHMOND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT



* AT 435 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST AND ALSO 

OVER NORTHWEST RICHMOND COUNTY.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING 

  EAST OF HAMLET ALONG HIGHWAY 74 

  SOUTH AND WEST OF ELLERBE TO AROUND HOLLY GROVE

  



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.



LAT...LON 3497 7971 3492 7961 3482 7965 3486 7976

      3486 7989 3491 7986 3499 7988 3512 7990

      3512 7971



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