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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

527 AM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001



...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HALIFAX COUNTY UNTIL 10 AM...





A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HALIFAX COUNTY UNTIL 10 AM. HEAVY 

RAINS HAVE EXITED THE COUNTY TO THE EAST. SHOWERS IN SOUTHEAST 

HALIFAX COUNTY ARE FORECAST TO TURN TO PATCHY LIGHT RAIN BEFORE 630 

AM. AT THIS TIME WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ARE NOT 

EXPECTED  IN HALIFAX THROUGH LATE MORNING. 



TWO FACTORS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO RAINS POSSIBLY RETURNING TO HALIFAX 

COUNTY. THE REMNANTS OF ALLISON ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN CLOSE TO 

NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND THE SYSTEM HAS SHOWN A PATTERN OF 

REGENERATING HEAVY RAIN BANDS DURING THE DAY. IN ADDITION A FRONT 

WILL SWEEP INTO THE STATE FROM THE WEST TODAY...BRINGING A CHANCE 

FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. 



SOME FLOOD WATERS MAY BEGIN TO RECEDE BEFORE SUNRISE AS HEAVY RAINS 

HAVE EXITED THE AREA. HOWEVER MANY FLOOD WATERS WILL BE MORE 

PERSISTENT AND WILL LINGER DEEP INTO THE MORNING HOURS. 



PEOPLE SHOULD CONSIDER ELIMINATING TRAVEL PLANS INTO SOUTHEAST 

HALIFAX COUNTY FOR THIS MORNING IF POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON 

THE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY FOR ADDITIONAL OR RENEWED FLOODING 

SHOULD WIDESPREAD RAINS RETURN LATER TODAY. BE ALERT TO YOUR 

SURROUNDINGS AND THE LOCAL WEATHER.



CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT FROM FLOOD WATERS AS THEY MAY BE OF UNKNOWN 

DEPTH AND UNUSUAL CURRENTS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.

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