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WGUS52 KRAH 301029

FFWRAH

NCC037-301330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

623 AM EDT MON AUG 30 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 930 AM EDT



* AT 623 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 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.   



* HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE FLOODING AROUND...  

  PITTSBORO...

  SILER CITY...

  FEARRINGTON...

  SILK HOPE...

  BEAR CREEK...



LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS REPORTING HEAVY PONDING ON MANY ROADWAYS EARLY 

THIS MORNING AND WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING CONDITIONS 

WILL DETERIORATE. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION THIS 

MORNING. 



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 WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT

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 3585 7893 3555 7897 3554 7954 3583 7954



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