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WGUS52 KRAH 160249

FFWRAH

NCC083-160600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1048 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HALIFAX COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 1048 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



* THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL IN THE   

WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF AND CONTINUE FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT



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JWC

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