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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

412 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  DURHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



* AT 408 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   

  CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN APPROACHING DURHAM   

  AND WAKE COUNTIES. HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR DURING THE EVENING RUSH

  HOUR. SOME ROADS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE INTERSTATE 40 AND

  HIGHWAYS 70 AND 64.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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 3561 7899 3553 7871 3582 7827 3599 7848

      3607 7875 3623 7892 3587 7901 3586 7890



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