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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
404 PM EDT Tue Oct 9 2018

...Heavy rainfall expected early Thursday morning through Thursday
night...

.What is now Hurricane Michael is expected to cross the Carolinas
as a tropical storm Thursday through Thursday night. Heavy rain is
expected to spread in from the southwest in advance of Michael,
lasting into Thursday night.

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Including the cities of Bushy Fork, Concord, Roxboro, Surl, 
Oxford, Butner, Creedmoor, Dabney, Henderson, Norlina, Wise, 
Afton, Warrenton, Lake Gaston, Roanoke Rapids, Pfafftown, 
Stanleyville, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Lake Townsend, 
High Point, Burlington, Graham, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Bethesda, 
Durham, Research Triangle, Pilot, Ingleside, Louisburg, 
Franklinton, Nashville, Aventon, Red Oak, Sharpsburg, 
Spring Hope, Rocky Mount, Lexington, Thomasville, Asheboro, Ulah,
Archdale, Trinity, Hasty, Siler City, Bynum, Moncure, Pittsboro, 
Raleigh, Cary, Smithfield, Clayton, Flowers, Selma, Benson, 
Coats Crossroads, New Hope, Wilson, Albemarle, Plyler, Troy, 
Biscoe, Mount Gilead, Pekin, Badin Lake, Eldorado, 
Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Eagle Springs, Seven Lakes, 
Cumnock, Gum Springs, Sanford, Tramway, Dunn, Anderson Creek, 
Timberlake, Duncan, Erwin, Angier, Lillington, Goldsboro, 
Wadesboro, Polkton, Rockingham, Hamlet, East Rockingham, 
Laurel Hill, Laurinburg, Antioch, Ashley Heights, Raeford, 
Rockfish, Silver City, Fayetteville, Fort Bragg, and Clinton
404 PM EDT Tue Oct 9 2018

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Flash Flood Watch for a portion of central North Carolina, 
  including the following areas, Alamance, Anson, Chatham, 
  Cumberland, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, 
  Granville, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee, 
  Montgomery, Moore, Nash, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, 
  Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wayne, and 
  Wilson. 

* From Thursday morning through late Thursday night.

* Heavy rain will spread into central North Carolina starting
  early Thursday morning, as what is now Hurricane Michael moves
  northeast across the region. Storm total rainfall of 3 to 6
  inches is expected. Rain in some areas may fall at a rate of 
  one half to one inch per hour. 

* This rainfall could produce flash flooding, particularly in
  areas of poor drainage and near creeks, streams, and ditches.
  Street flooding is likely. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A flash flood watch means that conditions may develop that lead
to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.
Monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should
flash flood warnings be issued.

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