Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Oct 8, 1996, 7:23 AM EDT (11:23 UTC)

Expired

Oct 8, 1996, 10:30 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Whole counties

County Cumberland County, NC

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TTAA00 KRDU 081127
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NCC191-051-163-081430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
723 AM EDT TUE OCT 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  1030 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...WAYNE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...CUMBERLAND COUNTY...SAMPSON COUNTY
 
AT 715 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN RALEIGH SHOW A LARGE AREA
OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF SAMPSON...WAYNE AND
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR WERE BETWEEN 1 AND 3
INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS.
 
THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...URBAN FLOODING
IN RURAL LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL CREEKS ARE STARTING TO RISE RAPIDLY.
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  STAY ALERT IF YOU ARE IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS NEAR STREAMS
AND CREEKS.  WATCH FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER.  BE PREPARED TO ACT
QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED.
 
DRIVERS ALONG SECONDARY, COUNTY, AND DIRT OR GRAVEL ROADS NEED TO
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTION BECAUSE OF THE ,FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL.  IF
YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN WATER, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.  CAMPERS NEAR STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE AND
SHOULD MOVE AWAY FROM LOW LYING AREAS NOW.
 
 
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In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
430 AM EDT TUE OCT 8 1996

...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
   CAROLINA TODAY...

TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE HAS NOW MOVED INLAND AND WAS CENTERED ABOUT 80
MILES WEST OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE REMNANTS OF
TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE
COASTAL CAROLINAS TODAY...MOVING THROUGH EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

JOSEPHINE WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS IT APPROACHES NORTH CAROLINA LATER
TODAY...BUT THE STORM WILL STILL BRING COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL TO
SOME OF THE EASTERN SECTIONS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES
ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY WITH LOCALLY
HEAVIER AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WIND
SPEEDS OVER THE AREA WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
LATER DURING THE MORNING.

WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NEED TO BE AWARE THAT
POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AS TREES THAT WERE WEAKENED BY
HURRICANE FRAN MAY FALL VICTIM TO THE COMBINATI<ON OF WIND AND RAIN
ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE. PEOPLE IN THE AREA NEED TO
BE AWARE THAT FALLING TREES ARE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING BUILDINGS AND ARE
ENCOURAGED TO TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

RA/RH

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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