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WGUS72 KRAH 280245

FFSRAH

NCC051-101-280330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1040 PM EDT TUE AUG 27 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR JOHNSTON COUNTY 

UNTIL 1130 PM EDT...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY 

HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS MUCH OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY.  

BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM...THE FAYETTEVILLE AIRPORT MEASURED 3.4 INCHES 

OF RAIN.  CITY AND COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES REPORTED JUST 

MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS IN FAYETTEVILLE...AND NEAR CEDAR CREEK BUT 

ALL ROADS WERE PASSABLE. 



IN JOHNSTON COUNTY..WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL WITH 

RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN A HALF TO ONE INCH AN HOUR.  SECTIONS OF 

JOHNSTON COUNTY AROUND FOUR OAKS AND BENSON HAS LIKELY RECEIVED 

BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 5 PM. THE RAIN ACROSS 

JOHNSTON COUNTY WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AFTER 11 PM.  

HOWEVER...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF OF JOHNSTON 

COUNTY WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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