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WGUS72 KRAH 092231

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

631 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009



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EDGECOMBE NC-HALIFAX NC-

631 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN HALIFAX AND NORTHERN EDGECOMBE COUNTIES...



AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP 

TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ALONG HIGHWAY 33 JUST EAST OF 

WHITAKERS. IN ADDITION BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

ALONG HIGHWAY 258 NEAR SCOTLAND NECK. FLOODING WAS BEING REPORTED 

ALONG HIGHWAY 258 NEAR SCOTLAND NECK. RAINFALL WILL GRADUALLY TAPER 

OFF THROUGH 7 PM HOWEVER FLOODING FROM EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL 

CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WHITAKERS...SCOTLAND NECK...LEGGETT AND SPEED.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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.



&&



LAT...LON 3609 7726 3608 7731 3600 7739 3593 7736

      3593 7780 3616 7769 3631 7745 3629 7742

      3626 7741 3624 7737 3621 7738 3617 7731

      3617 7728 3610 7723



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