Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Aug 26, 2002, 8:49 AM EDT (12:49 UTC)

Expired

Aug 26, 2002, 11:15 AM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Whole counties

County Edgecombe County, NC

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS52 KRAH 261249
FFWRAH
NCC065-261515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
841 AM EDT MON AUG 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT

** SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE
  WARNED AREA.


AT 840 AM VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHWEST EDGECOMBE 
COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE 
COUNTY FROM WILSON. RESIDENTS IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST EDGECOMBE COUNTY 
ARE UNDER AN IMMEDIATE THREAT FOR FLOODING. THIS AREA INCLUDES BUT 
IS NOT LIMITED TO THE AREA BORDERED BY US 64 TO THE NORTH...AND NC 
33 TO THE EAST. ADDITIONAL AREAS MAY BECOME THREATENED AS THESE 
HEAVY RAINS MOVE NORTH.

ALL RESIDENTS OF EDGECOMBE COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RISING 
WATER ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS AND THE THREAT OF FLOODING OF 
ROADWAYS.

ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 
COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 
ABANDONED. NEVER DRIVE AROUND LAW ENFORCEMENT POSTED BARRICADES...AS 
YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS.

$$

LAT...LON 3613 7769 3590 7734 3572 7767 3594 7782

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000 
WGUS72 KRAH 261347
FFSRAH
NCC065-261445-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
941 AM EDT MON AUG 26 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN 
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 1115 AM

HEAVY RAINS HAVE DEVELOPED NORTH OF US 64 IN AND EAST WEST BAND AND 
THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAINS IS ADVANCING TOWARD THE NORTH PARTS OF THE 
COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY. 
ALTHOUGH THE GROUND HAS BEEN QUITE DRY...THESE HEAVY RAINS MAY 
QUICKLY CAUSE SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS TO EXCEED THIER BANKS AND 
FLOOD SOME ROADWAYS. RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT NORTHERN EDGECOME COUNTY 
SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE THREAT OF FLOODING.

TO THE SOUTH HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN PER 
HOUR CONTINUE MAINLY OVER WILSON COUNTY WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS 
INDICATED ALONG THE EDGECOMBE BORDER TO THE WEST OF PINETOPS AND 
MACCLESFIELD. FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA. 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES, DIPS, OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NEVER TRY
TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER, MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

$$

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Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.