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WGUS72 KRAH 092223

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

623 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009



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HALIFAX NC-

623 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR

HALIFAX COUNTY...



AT 619 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MAJOR 

FLOODING AROUND ENFIELD. UP TO TWO FEET OF WATER WAS FLOWING OVER 

SEVERAL ROADS AROUND ENFIELD. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM ENFIELD WEST TO GLENVIEW IMPACTING HIGHWAY 

48 AND HIGHWAY 481. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ENFIELD 

LITTLETON AND HALIFAX.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...AND STREETS AS WELL AS 

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 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 MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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LAT...LON 3637 7758 3633 7758 3631 7757 3631 7745

      3613 7766 3615 7768 3614 7789 3619 7794

      3619 7797 3618 7798 3619 7800 3628 7795

      3644 7792 3650 7789



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