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WGUS72 KRAH 290037

FFSRAH

NCC065-083-101-127-191-195-290130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

830 PM EDT WED AUG 28 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EDGECOMBE COUNTY UNTIL 

930 PM EDT...

...FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN 

OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR EDGECOMBE COUNTY UNTIL 930 

PM.  RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAIN INDICATE BETWEEN TWO AND A HALF AND FOUR 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN KINGSBORO AND TARBORO...JUST SOUTH OF 

HIGHWAY 64.  THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN FELL IN ABOUT 90 MINUTES...THUS 

LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN THIS REGION. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 

FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



RAINFALL INTENSITY HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH BUT ANOTHER HALF INCH OF RAIN 

MAY FALL IN THIS REGION THROUGH 9 PM.  MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE 

ON FLOODED ROADS.  IF YOU COME TO A PLACE WHERE WATER IS FLOWING ACROSS 

THE ROAD...DO NOT TAKE ANY CHANCES. TURN AROUND AND TRY ANOTHER ROUTE 

TO YOUR DESTINATION.



ELSEWHERE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER SECTIONS OF 

HALIFAX AND NORTHERN NASH COUNTIES.  THESE SHOWERS WERE PRODUCING 

RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN A HALF AND ONE INCH PER HOUR. OTHER LOCALIZED 

HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE JOHNSTON WAYNE COUNTY LINE NEAR 

GRANTHAM WHERE AS MUCH AS TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED SINCE 7 PM. 



THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL 

DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT.  THUS A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE 

COASTAL PLAIN AS WELL AS ADJACENT AREAS OF THE PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS 

THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.



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