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WGUS72 KRAH 100607

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NCZ041-100700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

205 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN 

WAKE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...



RAIN ENDED OVER AN HOUR AGO ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WAKE COUNTY 

AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT NO NEW PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN 

OBSERVED. WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS CEASED AS CREEKS AND STREAMS HAVE 

RECEDED. HOWEVER...STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH 

OVERNIGHT. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS ACROSS SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY 

SHOULD USE CAUTIONS AS WATER MAY LINGER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND 

DEBRIS MAY REMAIN FROM EARLIER FLOODING. 



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF THE SWIFT CREEK...MIDDLE CREEK...AND BLACK CREEK BASINS 

IN SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY LATE MONDAY EVENING. 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.  



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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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