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000 

WGUS52 KRAH 290055

FFWRAH

NCC083-290200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

853 PM EDT WED AUG 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HALIFAX COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 853 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* A BAND OF SLOW MOVING SHOWERS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL

  OVER CENTRAL HALIFAX COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL NEAR 

  AND JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 301... FROM HALIFAX SOUTH TO ENFIELD.

  RAINFALL RATES OF ONE AND A HALF TO OVER TWO INCHES AN HOUR

  CAN BE EXPECTED.



DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS FROM EARLIER IN THE WEEK... THIS HEAVY RAIN 

WILL RUN OFF QUICKLY... LEADING TO FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS... HIGHWAYS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS 

THE ROAD... TURN AROUND AND SEEK AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.



$$



LAT...LON 3648 7780 3647 7773 3639 7760 3631 7757

          3614 7731 3603 7740 3624 7796



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