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WGUS72 KRAH 092355

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

755 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009



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HALIFAX NC-

755 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009



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

HALIFAX COUNTY...



AT 750 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN 

HALIFAX COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD FALLEN FROM ENFIELD WEST 

ALONG HIGHWAY 48 AND FISHING CREEKS ROAD. THE SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE EXITED THE AREA HOWEVER CONTINUED RUNOFF WILL 

LIKELY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SOME 

ROADS. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA SHOULD 

CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ENFIELD.





PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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. 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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