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WGUS72 KRAH 110723

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NCZ041-110900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

320 AM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND    

SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY...



THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WAKE COUNTY 

HAS DIMINISHED. HOWEVER LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL. SOME

PONDING OF WATER WILL CONTINUE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THUS 

RESIDENTS AND MOTORIST SHOULD EXERCISE IN SOUTHERN

WAKE COUNTY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ALSO WHITE OAK 

CREEK...SWIFT CREEK..MIDDLE CREEK AND SMALL TRIBUTARIES WILL

LIKELY CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH THROUGH DAYBREAK.



RADAR ESTIMATES AND SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES 

OF RAIN FELL IN THE NEW HILL HOLLY SPRINGS...APEX AND FUQUAY VARINA 

AREAS SINCE 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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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