Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued September 27 at 1:02PM EDT until September 27 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 27, 2024 - 10:02am
Expires:
September 27, 2024 - 2:00pm
Description:
FFWRAH
The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Edgecombe County in central North Carolina...
Nash County in central North Carolina...
Wilson County in central North Carolina...
* Until 500 PM EDT.
* At 102 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Rocky Mount, Tarboro, Nashville, Wilson, Elm City, Dortches,
Bailey, Red Oak, Princeville, Sharpsburg, Pinetops, Kenly, Spring
Hope, Lucama, Middlesex, Stantonsburg, Black Creek, Whitakers,
Macclesfield and Saratoga.
Instruction:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Area Description:
Edgecombe, NC; Nash, NC; Wilson, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Raleigh NC