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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

530 AM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY

   HAS EXPIRED...   



THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WAKE COUNTY 

HAS TAPERED OFF TO LIGHT OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN. MOST OF THE 

PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND HIGH WATER ON ROADWAYS 

HAVE RECEDED IN THE APEX...FUQUAY VARINA AND NEW HILL AREAS.

HOWEVER MIDDLE CREEK IN THE HOLLY SPRINGS AREA REMAINS OUT ITS

BANK MAINLY AFFECTING THE LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE CREEK ON

HOLLY SPRINGS ROAD WHICH IS CLOSED AT THE TIME.



PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY RECEIVED BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES

OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.



RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY SHOULD EXERCISE

CAUTION THROUGH DAYBREAK. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH ANY

HIGH WATER OR FLOODED 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.



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

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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