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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
337 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 331 PM EDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING HIGH WATER ON ROADS IN WAKE FOREST AND IN
RALEIGH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN OVER WAKE COUNTY BETWEEN 3 AND 330 PM. MORE RAIN MOVING
IN FROM THE WEST COULD BRING UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN TO THE
AREA.
* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE WAKE FOREST...RDU
INTERNATIONAL...RALEIGH...GARNER...FUQUAY-VARINA AND CARY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO
NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MANY
ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD. WHEN
ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2 OR NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3598 7844 3588 7830 3583 7826 3580 7828
3571 7847 3552 7871 3561 7899 3585 7891
3587 7889 3587 7883 3593 7881 3592 7876
3598 7871 3603 7871 3604 7876 3608 7872
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