 issued at 634 p.m. The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a flash flood warning for northwestern Birdie County in northeastern North Carolina, west central Toulon County in northeastern North Carolina, until 9 p.m. At 634 p.m., Doppler radar and automated ring gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.75 to 1 inch in 20 minutes.