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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

847 PM EDT SUN APR 20 2008



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EDGECOMBE NC-HALIFAX NC-

847 PM EDT SUN APR 20 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR

HALIFAX AND EDGECOMBE COUNTIES...



AT 842 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW NUMEROUS HEAVY 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EDGECOMBE AND HALIFAX COUNTIES 

FROM THE SOUTH WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES IN SOME LOCATIONS 

EXCEEDING ONE INCH AND UP TO TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES.



AREAS FROM NEAR CONETOE AND TARBORO NORTHWARD TO SCOTLAND NECK... 

ENFIELD AND HALIFAX ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE WORST FLASH 

FLOODING AND INUNDATION.  THIS INCLUDES THE HIGHWAY 258 CORRIDOR 

FROM TARBORO TO SCOTLAND NECK.  LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED ROAD 

CLOSURES AT DOUGLAS HILL FARM ROAD ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 

SCOTLAND NECK.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART 

CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT 

SUNDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.



LAT...LON 3571 7765 3588 7780 3616 7767 3620 7798

      3651 7789 3649 7766 3640 7754 3632 7756

      3632 7745 3624 7737 3621 7737 3616 7726

      3608 7729 3600 7739 3592 7735 3585 7737

TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 180DEG 0KT 3615 7754



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