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WGUS72 KRAH 110016

FFSRAH

NCZ041-110100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

815 PM EDT MON SEP 10 2001



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

UNTIL 9 PM EDT...



WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE DISSIPATED OVER EASTERN 

WAKE COUNTY...SEVERAL CREEKS WERE STILL RUNNING HIGH BUT SLOWLY 

RECEDING.  IF NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL DEVELOPS...THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING FOR EASTERN WAKE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM 

EDT.



A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE TRIANGLE AREA LATER THIS EVENING.  THERE 

WILL BE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS 

FRONT...PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.  UNLIKE EARLIER THIS 

EVENING...HOWEVER... THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL NOT LINGER OVER THE 

SAME SPOT.  



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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