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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

310 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001



... THE FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HALIFAX COUNTY HAS BEEN 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ...



RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT AND FRIDAY RESULTED IN AREAS OF  

FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN HALIFAX COUNTY. LOCATIONS WITH THE 

GREATEST IMPACT INCLUDE SCOTLAND NECK AND ENFIELD. HIGH WATER 

AND SOME FLOODING WAS REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE DEEP 

CREEK...BEECH SWAMP AND CYPRESS SWAMP.



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS 

AFTERNOON ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. SOME OF THESE MAY MOVE ACROSS HALIFAX 

COUNTY. HOWEVER...FLOODING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE 

DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...PROVIDED RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

FROM ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOTAL APPROXIMATELY LESS THAN ONE 

INCH.



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE 

DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF HALIFAX 

COUNTY. IF HEAVY RAIN BECOMES LIKELY OR IMMINENT IN HALIFAX 

COUNTY...THEN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. RESIDENTS ARE 

URGED TO REMAIN CAUTIOUS...AND KEEP AWAY FROM CREEKS AND STREAMS AS 

THEY MAY BE OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...AND UNUSUAL CURRENTS CAN CREATE 

DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT 

TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

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