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NCC063-183-140045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

651 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 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 845 PM EDT



* AT 651 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHEASTERN DURHAM AND    

  WESTERN WAKE COUNTIES.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING AROUND...  

RALEIGH...CARY...RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES

CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



LAT...LON 3596 7839 3551 7868 3560 7900 3609 7878



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