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WGUS52 KRAH 261249

FFWRAH

NCC065-261515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

841 AM EDT MON AUG 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT



** SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA.





AT 840 AM VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHWEST EDGECOMBE 

COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE 

COUNTY FROM WILSON. RESIDENTS IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST EDGECOMBE COUNTY 

ARE UNDER AN IMMEDIATE THREAT FOR FLOODING. THIS AREA INCLUDES BUT 

IS NOT LIMITED TO THE AREA BORDERED BY US 64 TO THE NORTH...AND NC 

33 TO THE EAST. ADDITIONAL AREAS MAY BECOME THREATENED AS THESE 

HEAVY RAINS MOVE NORTH.



ALL RESIDENTS OF EDGECOMBE COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RISING 

WATER ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS AND THE THREAT OF FLOODING OF 

ROADWAYS.



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED. NEVER DRIVE AROUND LAW ENFORCEMENT POSTED BARRICADES...AS 

YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS.



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LAT...LON 3613 7769 3590 7734 3572 7767 3594 7782



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