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WGUS52 KRAH 252309

FFWRAH

NCC163-260100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

705 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SAMPSON COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 705 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THESE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE

  PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE  WARNED AREA.



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

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS. LITTLE COHARIE CREEK...GREAT 

COHARIE CREEK AND THE SIX RUNS CREEK MAY OVERRUN THEIR BANKS. TRAVEL 

ALONG HIGHWAY 701 AND HIGHWAY 421 SOUTH OF CLINTON...AND HIGHWAY 24 

WEST OF CLINTON WILL BE HAZARDOUS.



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.



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