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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1120 AM EDT MON AUG 26 2002



THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA 

NORTHEAST OF RALEIGH CONTINUES TO DIMINISH AS RAINS BECOME LESS 

INTENSE AND MORE SCATTERED. THEREFORE NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING FROM 

FRESH RAINS IS FORECAST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.



HOWEVER FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN WILSON AND 

NASH COUNTIES. NUMEROUS ROADS CONTINUE TO BE FLOODED AND 

IMPASSABLE...WITH AS MUCH AS TWO FEET OF WATER ACROSS SOME ROADWAYS.

SEVERAL EVACUATIONS OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE 

CITY OF WILSON. FLOOD WATERS WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE...THEREFORE 

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IF AT ALL POSSIBLE 

IN WILSON AND IN SOUTHERN NASH COUNTY. FLOODING IN OTHER NEARBY 

AREAS IS NOT AS WIDESPREAD BUT STILL OCCURRING. IF TRAVEL IS 

ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY... DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO FLOODING OF LOW 

LYING AREAS.



RAINFALL WILL BE ENDING FROM THE SOUTH THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE RAIN 

EXPECTED OVER WILSON COUNTY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. RAINS WILL BE 

ENDING OVER SOUTHERN NASH COUNTY TOWARD NOON. 



THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL RAINS THIS 

AFTERNOON... AND RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN HIGH INTO WEDNESDAY. THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE URGES RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL NORTH 

CAROLINA TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE LOCAL WEATHER AND NEARBY STREAMS 

SHOULD HEAVY RAINS REDEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL MEDIA OR THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES 

ON ANY THREATENING WEATHER. 







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