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000 

WGUS52 KRAH 051618

FFWRAH

NCC065-051815-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1209 PM EDT TUE SEP 5 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 215 PM EDT



* AT NOON EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER         

  SOUTHEAST EDGECOMBE COUNTY. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

  THE PAST HOUR...AND AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL BE      

  POSSIBLE THROUGH 215 PM THIS AFTERNOON. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED   

  WATER BEGINNING TO COVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 258 SOUTH NEAR        

  KORBETT FARM RD...AND WATER COVERING SOUTH FOUNTAIN ROAD ONE MILE  

  SOUTH OF MACCLESFIELD.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE TARBORO... PINETOPS... 

MACCLESFIELD... PRINCEVILLE... CONETOE... AND SPEED.



FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG HIGHWAY 258...HIGHWAY 64...AND STATE ROUTE 

43 SOUTHEAST OF TARBORO. 



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

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. THOSE LIVING NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS

SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK

ACTION.



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

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3586 7736 3568 7766 3583 7776 3601 7746



$$



VINCENT

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000 

WGUS52 KRAH 051618

FFWRAH

NCC065-051815-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1209 PM EDT TUE SEP 5 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 215 PM EDT



* AT NOON EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER         

  SOUTHEAST EDGECOMBE COUNTY. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

  THE PAST HOUR...AND AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL BE      

  POSSIBLE THROUGH 215 PM THIS AFTERNOON. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED   

  WATER BEGINNING TO COVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 258 SOUTH NEAR        

  KORBETT FARM RD...AND WATER COVERING SOUTH FOUNTAIN ROAD ONE MILE  

  SOUTH OF MACCLESFIELD.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE TARBORO... PINETOPS... 

MACCLESFIELD... PRINCEVILLE... CONETOE... AND SPEED.



FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG HIGHWAY 258...HIGHWAY 64...AND STATE ROUTE 

43 SOUTHEAST OF TARBORO. 



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

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. THOSE LIVING NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS

SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK

ACTION.



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

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3586 7736 3568 7766 3583 7776 3601 7746



$$



VINCENT

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