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WGUS72 KRAH 290146

FFSRAH

NCC065-083-290200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

940 PM EDT WED AUG 28 2002



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

10 PM EDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EDGECOMBE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE...



A PERSISTENT AREA OF SHOWERS CONTINUES OVER CENTRAL HALIFAX 

COUNTY...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 301.  THE HALIFAX COUNTY 

SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED THAT A FEW OF THE COUNTY ROADS OUTSIDE OF 

ENFIELD HAD WATER ABOUT A FOOT DEEP IN A FEW SPOTS. WHILE NO ROADS WERE 

CLOSED IN HALIFAX COUNTY DUE TO HIGH WATER...MOTORISTS ARE STRONGLY 

URGED TO AVOID AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING ACROSS THE ROADS.  STEER 

CLEAR OF STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS KNOWN TO FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAIN 

EVENTS.  RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT BETWEEN TWO AND TWO AND 

A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 8 PM EAST OF ENFIELD ALONG BEECH 

SWAMP CREEK.



IN EDGECOMBE COUNTY...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE.  THE RAIN HAS TEMPORARILY ENDED ACROSS THE COUNTY.  THE SHERIFF 

OFFICE IN EDGECOMBE COUNTY REPORTED SOME STREET FLOODING IN AND WEST OF 

TARBORO AT 830 PM...BUT THE WATER HAD RECEDED BY 910 PM. WHILE LITTLE 

IF ANY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ACROSS EDGECOMBE COUNTY

THROUGH 1 AM...THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR MORE SHOWERS TO DEVELOP 

LATE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY TOWARD DAYBREAK THURSDAY.



A REMINDER...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN COASTAL 

PLAIN THROUGH 6 PM THURSDAY.



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