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WGUS52 KRAH 130427
FFWRAH
NCC037-105-183-131030-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1127 PM EST MON NOV 12 2018
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 530 AM EST TUESDAY
* AT 1125 PM EST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RALEIGH, CARY, SANFORD, PITTSBORO, SILER CITY, WAKE FOREST,
GARNER, FUQUAY-VARINA, ZEBULON, GOLDSTON, AND LOCATIONS ALONG
CRABTREE CREEK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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, DON'T DROWN.
LAT...LON 3598 7843 3583 7826 3571 7847 3552 7871
3558 7891 3531 7918 3535 7927 3547 7936
3552 7935 3552 7956 3584 7954 3585 7924
3588 7925 3587 7883 3593 7880 3594 7873
3601 7870 3603 7875 3607 7875 3607 7874
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