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WGUS72 KRAH 182250

FFSRAH

NCC065-083-127-195-190045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

649 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR HALIFAX...NASH... 

EDGECOMBE AND WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM...



AT 632 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEAST 

HALIFAX AND EXTREME NORTHERN NASH COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES AROUND

AN INCH PER HOUR CONTINUE OVER THESE AREAS...HOWEVER RADAR ESTIMATES

TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATION OF FIVE TO SIX INCHES. ISABEL IS RACING

TO THE NORTHEAST AT 24 MPH. RAINFALL HAS ALREADY DECREASED OVER 

EDGECOMBE AND WILSON COUNTIES...AND THIS TREND WILL EXTEND NORTHEAST 

INTO HALIFAX AND NASH WITH THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. 



MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION..ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. 

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.



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