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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1217 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY UNTIL 200 AM 

THIS TUESDAY MORNING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN WESTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY UNTIL 600 

AM THIS TUESDAY MORNING.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES 

OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO HAVE OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF THE SWIFT 

CREEK...MIDDLE CREEK...AND BLACK CREEK BASINS IN SOUTHERN WAKE AND 

EXTREME WESTERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES IN A 2 TO 3 HOUR PERIOD EARLIER 

TONIGHT.  ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES MAY HAVE OCCURRED 

IN THE BLACK CREEK BASIN IN EXTREME WESTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY.



REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE COME FROM AREAS AROUND LOCHMERE SOUTH OF 

CARY...THE MACEDONIA AREA TO HIGHWAY 401 SOUTH TO OLD STAGE ROAD 

ALONG SWIFT CREEK.  DOWNSTREAM AREAS ALONG THE SWIFT...MIDDLE... AND 

BLACK CREEKS ARE LIKELY TO WITNESS SUDDEN RAPID RISES IN WATER 

LEVELS OR FLASH FLOODING IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS IN THE WARNING AREAS SHOULD TAKE QUICK ACTION TO 

PROTECT THEMSELVES AND PROPERTY FROM FLASH FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND.  MOTORISTS SHOULD USE ALTERNATE ROUTES IF THEY ENCOUNTER 

WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS.  BE ADVISED THAT MANY FLASH FLOOD 

FATALITIES OCCUR AT NIGHT WHEN DRIVERS ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED 

ROADS WITH THEIR VEHICLES AND ARE SWEPT DOWNSTREAM.



LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES.



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