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WGUS52 KRAH 301336

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NCC083-127-301530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

935 AM EDT FRI AUG 30 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NASH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  WESTERN HALIFAX COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT



* AT 928 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN 

  HAS FALLEN IN WESTERN HALIFAX COUNTY SOUTH OF LITTLETON.

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RANGE UP TO 2 INCHES DURING THE NEXT 1 

  TO 2 HOURS.



  FLOODING IS MORE LIKELY WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 IN HALIFAX           

  COUNTY...INCLUDING ROANOKE RAPIDS. UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF 

  RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER OVER MUCH OF NASH COUNTY...AND FLOODING IS 

  POSSIBLE COUNTYWIDE.

 

* THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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