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WGUS72 KRAH 201959

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

355 PM EDT SUN APR 20 2008



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HALIFAX NC-

355 PM EDT SUN APR 20 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN HALIFAX COUNTY...



AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH REPEAT THUNDERSTORMS ALONG HIGHWAY 258 

AND IN THE AREA BETWEEN SCOTLAND NECK AND TILLERY.  RADAR INDICATES 

OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS SINCE 200 PM THIS 

AFTERNOON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ON MARY 

CHAPEL ROAD NORTH OF SCOTLAND NECK. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED 

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY

EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.



LAT...LON 3606 7747 3608 7753 3631 7748 3631 7745

      3618 7735 3606 7739

TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 180DEG 0KT 3617 7744



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