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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

455 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT



* AT 455 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING AROUND...          

  FRANKLINTON...

  LOUISBURG...



EAST RIVER ROAD JUST EAST OF LOUISBURG WILL FLOOD NEAR THE DUKE 

MINUTE MART AS FOX CREEK RISES RAPIDLY. PORTIONS OF MUTT WINSTON 

ROAD SOUTH OF LOUISBURG ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING AND COULD BECOME 

IMPASSABLE. 



U.S. 1A ALSO KNOWN AS SOUTH MAIN STREET WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

JUST SOUTH OF FRANKLINTON IN AND AROUND CEDAR CREEK.



FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG GREEN HILL ROAD IN NORTHWESTERN 

FRANKLIN COUNTY NEAR THE MIDDLE CREEK AND MCGEE CREEK BRIDGES.



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 3625 7806 3587 7818 3598 7849 3624 7848



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