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WGUS52 KRAH 010341

FFWRAH

NCC181-185-010545-

/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0053.200901T0341Z-200901T0545Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1141 PM EDT MON AUG 31 2020



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

EASTERN VANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

WARREN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 145 AM EDT.



* AT 1141 PM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS

PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FROM HENDERSON TO WARRENTON. BETWEEN 4 AND 8

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 8 PM. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY

OCCURRING.



HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.



SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT.



IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,

URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...

HENDERSON, WARRENTON, NORLINA, LITTLETON, MIDDLEBURG, MACON,

AFTON, WISE, DREWRY, BULLOCKSVILLE, ARCOLA, KERR LAKE, LAKE

GASTON, GILLBURG, STEELE CREEK MARINA & CAMPGROUND, SOUTH

HENDERSON AND JOHN H KERR RESERVOIR.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE

WARNED AREA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD

DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING.







LAT...LON 3654 7840 3654 7790 3644 7791 3644 7792

3643 7792 3634 7793 3620 7801 3621 7803

3621 7804 3621 7811 3625 7814 3627 7831

3624 7833 3624 7838 3630 7841 3637 7841

3650 7840



FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-1.5 INCHES IN 2 HOURS







GIH



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