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WGUS52 KRAH 161528

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NCC065-161630-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1126 AM EDT MON SEP 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT



* AT 1126 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED    

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS BETWEEN BATTLEBORO 

  AND LEGGETT WILL BE AFFECTED. SOME CREEKS THAT MAY FLOOD INCLUDE   

  SWIFT CREEK AND MOCCASIN CREEK.



* SHOWERS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNED AREA...      

  RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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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