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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
655 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR WAKE...DURHAM...JOHNSTON...
WAYNE...WILSON...NASH...EDGECOMBE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  DURHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  NASH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 145 AM EDT SUNDAY

* AT 649 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT FLASH
  FLOODING IS WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH MANY ROADS
  CLOSED...WASHED OUT OR IMPASSABLE. NUMEROUS SWIFT WATER RESCUES
  ARE UNDERWAY AND EVACUATIONS ARE IN PROGRESS. A TOTAL OF 6 TO 10
  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT AND AN
  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.  LIFE
  THREATENING FLOODING CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AND WORSEN. HOMES
  ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL BE INUNDATED. CRABTREE CREEK IN
  RALEIGH HAS ALREADY RISEN TO MAJOR FLOOD STAGE IN MULTIPLE
  LOCATIONS.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY! THIS IS A PARTICULARLY  DANGEROUS
SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE FLEEING AN AREA
SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  RALEIGH...DURHAM...CARY...ROCKY MOUNT...CHAPEL HILL...GOLDSBORO...
  TARBORO...SMITHFIELD...NASHVILLE AND WILSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU MUST DO SO TO ESCAPE THE FLOODING OR
ARE UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING
AREA...ALONG A CREEK OR STREAM...OR IN AN AREA EXPERIENCING
FLOODING...TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3580 7747 3557 7782 3518 7784 3519 7816
      3529 7830 3526 7849 3550 7866 3561 7899
      3585 7891 3586 7902 3624 7895 3623 7880
      3607 7878 3598 7843 3582 7825 3618 7802
      3614 7789 3615 7768 3600 7741 3582 7735

$$

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