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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
653 AM EDT THU JUL 23 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ALAMANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
DURHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN GRANVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.
* AT 653 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
DURHAM, CHAPEL HILL, BURLINGTON, HILLSBOROUGH, CREEDMOOR,
PITTSBORO, SILER CITY, CARRBORO, MEBANE, HAW RIVER, SWEPSONVILLE,
ALAMANCE, AND STEM.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FREQUENTLY FLOODED LOCATIONS...
HWY 15-501 BUSINESS & DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL BLVD, HILLANDALE RD AT
ELLERBE CREEK, COLE MILL RD AT I-85, W CLUB BLVD BETWEEN HILLANDALE
RD AND GUESS RD, S. ROXBORO ST AT THE DURHAM FREEWAY, ESTES DR,
CAMELOT DR AND CLELAND DR ALONG BOLIN CREEK, SOUTH ESTES EXTENSION,
BOOKER CREEK RD NEAR BOOK CREEK AND FOXWOOD DR, EASTGATE SHOPPING
CENTER AND FRANKLIN ST NEAR DOBBINS DR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT
DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3624 7953 3625 7851 3602 7855 3607 7868
3607 7875 3603 7875 3601 7870 3597 7871
3592 7876 3593 7881 3587 7883 3587 7891
3570 7896 3569 7955
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-3 INCHES IN 4 HOURS
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