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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

601 AM EDT MON AUG 30 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  DURHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 900 AM EDT



* AT 558 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED     

  BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE CIRCULATION OF GASTON      

  MOVING INTO THE TRIANGLE. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR      

  AND GREATER WILL IMPACT THE AREA. MANY LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVED 2   

  INCHES OF RAIN IN THE NEXT 2 HOURS WITH SOME LOCATIONS             

  POSSIBLE SEEING AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES THROUGH 9AM.   



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING AROUND...  

  FUQUAY  VARINA...

  CARY AND GARNER...

  RALEIGH...

  DURHAM...

  WAKE FOREST...

  CLAYTON AND SMITHFIELD...



HEAVY PONDING OF ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR 

DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AROUND 

PORTIONS OF THE AREA. SECTION OF INTERSTATE 85 IN DURHAM COUNTY AS 

WELL AS INTERSTATE 40 AND HIGHWAY 70 WILL EXPERIENCE SOME FLOODING. 



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.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS INCLUDING CRABTREE CREEK IN RALEIGH...SWIFT 

CREEK NEAR APEX AND LITTLE CREEK IN CLAYTON WILL RISE...POSSIBLY 

THREATENING ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS. THOSE LIVING IN 

FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR NEARBY FLOODING CREEKS AND STREAM SHOULD MOVE 

TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 3613 7882 3606 7879 3603 7869 3556 7808

      3550 7811 3527 7842 3537 7857 3543 7860

      3553 7871 3557 7890 3563 7898 3585 7890

      3586 7896 3619 7892



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