

000 

WGUS52 KRAH 151700

FFWRAH

NCC069-101-127-195-151900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1258 PM EDT SUN AUG 15 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  NASH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT



* AT 1258 PM EDT SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  OVER SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...NASH...WESTERN WILSON AND NORTHERN

  JOHNSTON COUNTIES.



* ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING BETWEEN...

  CLAYTON...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...AND NASHVILLE

  



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

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 



NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR STORM DRAINS OR NEAR FLOODED CREEKS

AND STREAMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CREATE RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER THAT

CAN EASILY SWEEP A CHILD DOWNSTREAM. THE BANKS OF MANY CREEKS AND 

STREAMS MAY ALSO BE WEAKENED AND PRONE TO COLLAPSE.  KNOW WHERE YOUR 

CHILDREN ARE DURING THIS HEAVY RAIN EVENT.



LAT...LON 3613 7786 3543 7807 3547 7864 3621 7808



$$



28

