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NCZ041-042-076-050500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1040 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR WAKE AND LEE COUNTIES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED 

UNTIL 1 AM EDT...



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



AT 1040 PM... AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 

EXITING WAKE COUNTY AND MOVING INTO JOHNSTON COUNTY. RAIN CONTINUED 

TO FALL AT A RATE OF NEARLY ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR IN 

SOUTHEAST WAKE COUNTY. RAINFALL HAS TOTALLED 3 TO 6 INCHES THIS 

EVENING IN A BAND FROM AROUND SANFORD NORTHEAST THROUGH HOLLY 

SPRINGS... FUQUAY-VARINA... AND GARNER. STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED 

HIGH WATER FLOWING ACROSS MANY ROADS IN THE VICINITY OF 

FUQUAY-VARINA AND HOLLY SPRINGS... INCLUDING THE SUNSET RIDGE 

NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE HAVE BEEN UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF BRIDGES BEING 

WASHED OUT AND OF PEOPLE BEING STRANDED IN THEIR CARS IN HIGH WATER. 

IF YOU ARE IN SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY...STAY OFF THE ROADS IF YOU LIVE 

CLOSE TO SWIFT CREEK OR ANY OTHER CREEK IN SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY... 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY



AS THIS HEAVY RAIN AREA MOVES INTO JOHNSTON COUNTY... MINOR FLOODING 

OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY THROUGH 1 AM. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN JOHNSTON COUNTY WILL TOTAL ABOUT ONE TO TWO 

INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.



REMEMBER... NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH WILL LIKELY BE UNKNOWN... AND AS 

LITTLE AS HALF A FOOT OF WATER CAN CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR 

VEHICLE. IF YOUR VEHICLE BECOMES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER... GET OUT 

IMMEDIATELY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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