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WGUS52 KRAH 250013

FFWRAH

NCC153-250215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

812 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RICHMOND COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 808 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS LIKELY  

  FALLEN NORTH OF ELLERBE SINCE 7 PM. 



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN 

  THE VICINITY OF ROCKINGHAM WHERE TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN MAY   

  OCCUR THROUGH 9 PM.  



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT 

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS. SOME CREEKS THAT MAY RISE 

RAPIDLY INCLUDE HITCHCOCK CREEK AND LITTLE MOUNTAIN CREEK.



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. MOTORISTS ON HIGHWAY 220 AND 

HIGHWAY 73 SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WATER 

MOVING SWIFTLY ACROSS THE ROAD.



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