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WGUS72 KRAH 050140

FFSRAH

NCZ026-040-041-076-050200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

935 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR WAKE AND LEE COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM EDT...



...LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OCCURRING IN SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY...



AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO CROSS 

SECTIONS OF WAKE...LEE AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES. BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES

OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 7 PM EDT. STORM SPOTTERS REPORT

HIGH WATER FLOWING ACROSS MANY ROADS IN THE VICINITY OF HOLLY 

SPRINGS...FUQUAY-VARINA AND GARNER. THERE ARE UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF 

BRIDGES BEING WASHED OUT.  IF YOU ARE IN SOUTHERN WAKE 

COUNTY...STAY OFF THE ROADS IF YOU LIVE NEAR WHITE OAK CREEK...

MIDDLE CREEK...AND SWIFT CREEK....HEAD FOR HIGH GROUND IMMEDIATELY





DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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