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WGUS72 KRAH 132305

FFSRAH

NCZ040-074>077-083>086-088-089-140400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

706 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR

THE FOLLOWING SOUTHEAST PIEDMONT COUNTIES...MONTGOMERY...

ANSON...AND RICHMOND...



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE SANDHILLS AND EASTERN PIEDMONT...

CHATHAM...LEE...MOORE...SCOTLAND...HOKE...CUMBERLAND...HARNETT...



RAINFALL OF UP TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN

TIER OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL CONTINUE

THROUGH THE EVENING AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVIER OVERNIGHT.



THE GROUND IS AT OR NEAR SATURATION AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN

WILL RUN OFF QUICKLY INTO STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. ROADS

WILL BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AS FLOODED ROADS ARE DIFFICULT

TO SEE AT NIGHT. DRIVING INTO FLOODED AREAS IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE

OF WEATHER RELATED FATALITIES IN NORTH CAROLINA.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST

INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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