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WGUS72 KRAH 271751

FFSRAH

NCC083-127-271845-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

150 PM EDT TUE AUG 27 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NASH AND 

HALIFAX COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...



...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...



ALTHOUGH THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WHICH CAUSED FLASH FLOODING IN NASH 

AND HALIFAX COUNTIES IS MOVING OUT OF THE AREA...FLOODING WILL 

CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. NUMEROUS ROADS 

ACROSS NORTHERN NASH AND HALIFAX COUNTIES REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO 

FLOODING. ROADS IN ENFIELD...TILLERY...AND SCOTLAND NECK HAVE BEEN 

CLOSED. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY CONTINUE TO OVER FLOW THEIR 

BANKS THIS AFTERNOON. 



PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION EVEN THOUGH THE 

RAIN MAY SUBSIDE. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN 

AUTOMOBILES...OFTEN AFTER THE RAIN HAS ENDED. 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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