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WGUS72 KRAH 100709

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NCZ042-100800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

305 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2001



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

JOHNSTON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED...



THE RAIN ENDED ACROSS JOHNSTON COUNTY BEFORE 100 AM AND LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT STREAMS AND CREEKS HAVE RECEDED. 

THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF FLOODING AT THIS TIME. THE BLACK...MIDDLE 

AND SWIFT CREEKS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH OVERNIGHT...AS 

HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WAKE AND WESTERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES GRADUALLY WORKS 

DOWNSTREAM. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS ACROSS JOHNSTON COUNTY SHOULD 

USE CAUTION AS WATER MAY LINGER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND DEBRIS 

MAY REMAIN FROM EARLIER FLOODING THROUGH DAYBREAK TUESDAY.



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 AND WESTERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES LATE MONDAY EVENING. 

REPORTS OF FLOODING IN JOHNSTON COUNTY HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM 

LOCATIONS ALONG THE BLACK CREEK. BLACK CREEK ROAD WAS CLOSED FOR A 

TIME AROUND MIDNIGHT. 



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.



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