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WGUS52 KRAH 172108

FFWRAH

NCC165-172200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

504 PM EDT WED APR 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



* AT 504 PM EDT.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA.



A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM ROUGHLY SIX MILES NORTH OF 

LAURINBURG ALONG US HIGHWAY 15/501 IS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...AS 

MUCH OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR. THIS STORM IS SHOWING 

LITTLE MOVEMENT. SOME LOCAL FLOODING WITH THIS STORM IS LIKELY. 

TRAVELERS SHOULD AVOID THIS AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR IF POSSIBLE. 



RESIDENTS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR LOCAL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS 

FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING. 



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