
918
WGUS52 KRAH 081709
FFWRAH
NCC063-101-183-191-082300-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0054.161008T1709Z-161008T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR WAYNE...JOHNSTON...WAKE...AND DURHAM
COUNTIES...

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...
  DURHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT SATURDAY

* AT 1259 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT FLASH
  FLOODING IS ALREADY WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH MANY
  ROADS CLOSED...BY FALLEN TREES AS WELL AS FLOODING. UP TO 5 INCHES
  OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN TODAY, AND AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN
  ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. AS SUCH...THE FLOODING WILL WORSEN...
  WITH TRAVEL BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT AS MAJOR ROADS FLOOD.
  HOMES ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL BE INUNDATED. CRABTREE CREEK
  IN RALEIGH HAS ALREADY RISEN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND CONTINUES TO
  RISE QUICKLY.

  THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  RALEIGH...DURHAM...CARY...CHAPEL HILL...GOLDSBORO...SMITHFIELD...
  WAKE FOREST...GARNER...FUQUAY-VARINA AND CLAYTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

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 3623 7880 3607 7878 3608 7869 3593 7835
      3587 7828 3576 7824 3571 7816 3560 7812
      3558 7782 3518 7784 3515 7789 3519 7802
      3519 7816 3529 7830 3526 7849 3550 7866
      3561 7899 3585 7891 3586 7902 3624 7895

$$

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