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Flash Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Raleigh/Durham, NC

000
WGUS52 KRAH 211558
FFWRAH
NCC063-211900-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0023.140721T1558Z-140721T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1158 AM EDT MON JUL 21 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DURHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 1156 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY. THE AREA EMERGENCY MANAGER NOTED THAT SOME STREETS
  WERE STARTING TO TAKE ON HIGH WATER IN DOWNTOWN DURHAM AND JUST
  SOUTH OF TOWN.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... DURHAM...
  BETHESDA...PARKWOOD...GORMAN...RESEARCH TRIANGLE...AND ENO RIVER
  STATE PARK.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3606 7875 3603 7875 3602 7873 3593 7874
      3593 7875 3592 7876 3593 7880 3587 7883
      3586 7902 3608 7898

$$

DJF