Flash Flood Warning

Locations Affected

Fayetteville, NC ∙ Silver City, NC ∙ Fayetteville Regional Airport Grannis Field, NC ∙ Scotch Meadows, NC ∙ Autryville, NC ∙ Delway, NC ∙ Clinton, NC ∙ Fayetteville Pope AFB, NC ∙ Wade, NC ∙ Laurinburg Maxton Airport, NC

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Raleigh NC 321 AM EDT Thu Aug 8 2024 The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Cumberland County in central North Carolina... Hoke County in central North Carolina... Sampson County in central North Carolina... Scotland County in central North Carolina... * Until 930 AM EDT Thursday. * At 321 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2.5 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 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... Fayetteville, Laurinburg, Clinton, Raeford, Fort Liberty, Harrells, Godwin, Pope AFB, Antioch, Hope Mills, Spring Lake, Eastover, Roseboro, Stedman, Wagram, Garland, Newton Grove, Wade, Gibson and Salemburg. 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 3527 7837 3520 7816 3490 7815 3474 7820 3471 7813 3472 7811 3471 7811 3455 7825 3486 7850 3483 7890 3490 7894 3495 7903 3483 7919 3484 7935 3477 7933 3464 7946 3479 7966 3491 7956 3499 7957 3518 7916 FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

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