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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1100 AM EDT WED AUG 28 2002



...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH THE DAY FOR THE AREA...



LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND 

COASTAL PLAIN THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM AROUND ONE INCH 

IN THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN...TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH 

NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. 



HEAVIER RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER THIS 

AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. AN AREA OF RAIN OVER SOUTH 

CAROLINA WILL MOVE NORTH...REACHING THE SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN 

COASTAL PLAIN COUNTIES FIRST...THEN SPREADING NORTH ACROSS THE 

EASTERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. CONDITIONS WILL BE 

FAVORABLE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING LATER 

IN THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR 

FLOODING WILL BE IN AREAS THAT HAD HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT...INCLUDING 

CUMBERLAND AND SAMPSON COUNTIES.  



MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED TO NEVER DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER 

COVERS THE ROAD. INSTEAD...TURN AROUND AND SEEK AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. 

JUST A FOOT OF WATER ON THE ROAD CAN FLOAT MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING 

TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. 



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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DGS

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