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WGUS52 KRAH 081938

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NCC093-082100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

329 PM EDT WED SEP 8 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT



* AT 329 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED LARGE       

  AMOUNTS OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE TOP THE MCLAUGHLIN LAKE DAM.     

  THIS WATER IS FLOWING ACROSS ROCKFISH ROAD MAKING IT IMPASSABLE. A 

  FEW MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS  

  EASTERN HOKE COUNTY THOUGH 430 PM WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE ONGOING     

  FLOODING.



* FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG ...  

  ROCKFISH ROAD...



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.



LAT...LON 3503 7907 3494 7904 3486 7916 3505 7918



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