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WGUS72 KRAH 102326

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NCZ041-110015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

722 PM EDT MON SEP 10 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN WAKE COUNTY 

UNTIL 9 PM EDT...



BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS LIKELY FALLEN SINCE 620 PM EDT 

OVER EASTERN WAKE COUNTY...SOUTH OF WAKE FOREST AND EAST OF THE 

NEUSE RIVER.  WAKE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RECEIVED A PUBLIC 

REPORT AT 715 PM OF A COUPLE OF CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS... 

AFFECTING TRAVEL ON MITCHELL MILL ROAD.  THE STORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR 

THE HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEGUN TO WEAKEN BUT WILL STILL PRODUCE ANOTHER 

HALF TO POSSIBLE AN INCH OF RAIN BETWEEN 720 PM AND 8PM.  IF YOU ARE 

IN EASTERN WAKE COUNTY SOUTH OF WAKE FOREST AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 

64...BE VERY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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