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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1130 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN WAKE 

COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...



AT 1128 PM... THUNDERSTORMS... WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... HAD MOVED 

SOUTHEAST OF RALEIGH... HOLLY SPRINGS... FUQUAY-VARINA... AND 

GARNER. 



RALEIGH SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES

IN HOLLY SPRINGS AND FUQUAY-VARINA WITH THESE STORMS. STORM TOTALS

WERE GENERALLY AROUND 2 INCHES. 



A TOTAL OF 1.81 INCHES FELL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE 

AT THE NC STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BETWEEN 1030 AND 1105 PM. 



MOSTLY MINOR FLOODING OF SEVERAL ROADS OCCURRED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND 

CENTRAL WAKE COUNTY... THESE REPORTS RELAYED FROM RALEIGH SKYWARN 

INCLUDED... US-401 IN FUQUAY-VARINA... US-401 AND I-40 IN SOUTH 

RALEIGH... AVENT FERRY ROAD IN WEST RALEIGH... US-50 IN GARNER. 



IN ADDITION... THE RAPID RUNOFF CAUSED SEVERAL SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS TO BRIEFLY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AROUND HOLLY SPRINGS. 



THOSE PLANNING TO TRAVEL AROUND RALEIGH OR GARNER TO FUQUAY-VARINA 

SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH AROUND 1200 AM... OR UNTIL THE

RAPID RUNOFF COMPLETELY SUBSIDES. 



ADDITIONAL VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF 

THE NIGHT.



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