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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

150 AM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HALIFAX



* CONTINUES UNTIL 10 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING



THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY 

RAINS ACROSS PARTS OF HALIFAX COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO ONE 

AND ONE HALF INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS 

WIDESPREAD PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.



ROADS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN AFFECTED SO FAR BY FLOODING MAY BECOME 

FLOODED THIS MORNING. FLOOD WATERS WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS 

TO SEE IN THE PREDAWN HOURS. RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT FOR RISING WATERS...ESPECIALLY IF 

HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPERIENCED OVER OR UPSTREAM FROM YOUR LOCATION.



MANY ROADS IN AND NEAR SCOTLAND NECK CONTINUE CLOSED. THERE ARE 

REPORTS OF U S HIGHWAY 258 BEING IMPASSABLE. HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY 

THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE COUNTY THIS MORNING. EVEN AFTER HEAVY RAINS 

END...FLOOD WATERS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE 

QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS RISE.



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