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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

212 AM EDT MON AUG 30 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 430 AM EDT



* AT 212 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN OVER HOKE COUNTY.



* SLOW MOVING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT HOKE COUNTY     

  THROUGH 430 AM... THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING AROUND...  



  ARABIA...

  RAEFORD...

  SILVER CITY...

  WAYSIDE...



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AS OF 200 AM 

TOTALED 2.5 TO 3.5 INCHES ACROSS THE COUNTY. MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER HOKE COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 400 AM. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES AN HOUR WILL CREATE 

FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS.  



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

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING 

WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



LAT...LON 3515 7917 3503 7916 3489 7903 3490 7950



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