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WGUS72 KRAH 182043

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

443 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR 

HALIFAX...NASH...EDGECOMBE AND WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM...



AT 438 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE 

OVER HALIFAX...NASH...EDGECOMBE AND WILSON COUNTIES.



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE TARBORO...ROCKY 

MOUNT...NASHVILLE...HALIFAX...AND ROANOKE RAPIDS. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT ROADS HAVE BEEN FLOODED IN ROANOKE 

RAPIDS AND ARE IMPASSABLE. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED COUNTIES. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES 

OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER

THAN IT APPEARS. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO

SWEEP MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR STORM DRAINS OR NEAR FLOODED CREEKS

AND STREAMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CREATE RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER THAT

CAN EASILY SWEEP A CHILD DOWNSTREAM. THE BANKS OF MANY CREEKS AND

STREAMS MAY ALSO BE WEAKENED AND PRONE TO COLLAPSE.



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