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WGUS72 KRAH 190012

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NCC065-083-127-181-185-195-190100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

802 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2003



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

9 PM.. AND FOR VANCE COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM EDT...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR HALIFAX... 

NASH... EDGECOMBE AND WILSON COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...





AT 805 PM EDT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS LIFTED OUT OF THE NORTHERN COASTAL 

PLAIN... AND WILL LIFT NORTH OUT OF VANCE AND WARREN COUNTIES BEFORE 

10 PM. WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED... IT WILL TAKE A WHILE FOR 

THE WATER TO RECEDE IN NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN...ESPECIALLY HALIFAX 

AND EDGECOMBE COUNTIES. THE HIGH WATER ALONG WITH THE NUMEROUS 

DOWN TREES WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE NORTHERN 

COASTAL PLAIN AND FAR NORTHEAST PIEDMONT OVERNIGHT. THE BEST ADVICE 

IS TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE AT. DO NOT TRAVEL UNTIL AFTER DAYBREAK 

FRIDAY. 



REMEMBER... 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 TO TWO FEET 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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