645  
WGUS52 KRAH 280342  
FFWRAH  
NCC165-280445-  
/O.EXT.KRAH.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-260828T0445Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC  
1142 PM EDT THU AUG 27 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS EXTENDED THE  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
CENTRAL SCOTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...  
 
* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 1142 PM EDT, NCDOT REPORTED THAT US HIGHWAY 15 AND 501 IS DOWN  
TO ONE LANE AFTER HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRED EARLIER THIS EVENING. UP  
TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO  
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY  
OCCURRING.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
SOURCE...STATE OFFICIALS AND 911 CALL CENTER REPORTED.  
 
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,  
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR  
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.  
 
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
LAURINBURG, WAGRAM, EAST LAURINBURG AND LAUREL HILL.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FREQUENTLY FLOODED LOCATIONS...  
GUM SWAMP CREEK & DAM AND RICHMOND MILL LAKE DAM.  
 
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 3494 7954 3494 7937 3493 7936 3489 7936  
3489 7935 3485 7934 3482 7936 3480 7935  
3478 7938 3478 7941 3477 7941 3477 7951  
3479 7954 3479 7956 3482 7957 3482 7958  
3484 7959 3488 7958 3488 7957 3490 7957  
 
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED  
 

 
 
LH  
 
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