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WGUS72 KRAH 252038

FFSRAH

NCZ042-252100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

435 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2002





...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JOHNSTON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...



THE WIDE SPREAD HEAVY RAIN HAS TEMPORARILY ABATED OVER JOHNSTON 

COUNTY. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JOHNSTON COUNTY HAS BEEN 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL IN JOHNSTON COUNTY 

REPORT NO MAJOR PROBLEMS ON THE ROADWAYS BUT CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE 

AT BANKFULL OVER THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.



ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO 

OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MID EVENING.  ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAIN WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF DUE TO THE SATURATED SOIL. THUS...PEOPLE 

IN JOHNSTON COUNTY WILL NEED TO BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF 

RAPIDLY RISING WATER IF A HEAVY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM OCCURS IN 

THEIR AREA. MOTORISTS WILL ALSO NEED TO BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS WHILE 

TRAVELING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ON 

SECONDARY ROADS THAT CROSS CREEKS AND STREAMS.  



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