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WGUS52 KRAH 082129
FFWRAH
NCC051-093-163-090530-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR HOKE, CUMBERLAND, SAMPSON COUNTIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 130 AM EDT SUNDAY

* AT 523 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED EXTREMELY
  DANGEROUS WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THIS AREA DUE TO VERY
  HEAVY RAINFALL. BETWEEN 6 AND 15 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE
  WARNED AREA TODAY. AT LEAST ONE DAM... THE ARRAN LAKES DAM NEAR
  GREENOCK AVENUE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY... IS BEING OVERTOPPED AND IS
  IN DANGER OF FAILING.

* THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR HOKE... CUMBERLAND... AND
  SAMPSON COUNTIES. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
  HIGHER GROUND NOW!

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON...RAEFORD...FORT BRAGG...HARRELLS...
  GODWIN...POPE AFB...JEROME...ANTIOCH AND HOPE MILLS.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.


&&

LAT...LON 3485 7850 3483 7890 3490 7894 3495 7904
      3483 7919 3484 7935 3494 7935 3504 7946
      3521 7925 3517 7912 3526 7880 3525 7862
      3532 7854 3526 7848 3529 7830 3520 7816
      3490 7815 3474 7820 3471 7811 3456 7825

$$

GIH
