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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

910 PM EDT SAT SEP 14 2002



...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY FOR CENTRAL 

NORTH CAROLINA...



A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH SUNDAY FOR ALL 

OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE BULK OF THE 

RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL OCCUR ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF CENTRAL NORTH 

CAROLINA...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM BURLINGTON TO ROCKINGHAM.  

THIS INCLUDES THE TRIAD REGION AS WELL AS ALBEMARLE AND WADESBORO. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES MAY FALL OVER THE 

WESTERN PIEDMONT OVERNIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.  

MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER 12 MIDNIGHT.



SUNDAY IS SHAPING UP TO BE A VERY WET DAY ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH 

CAROLINA WITH RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVERSPREADING THE REGION 

AROUND DAYBREAK AND CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS SUNDAY BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES WILL BE COMMON OVER 

CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS.



WHILE WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED...THE VERY MOIST AIR 

COVERING THE REGION COUPLED WITH THE PROBABILITY THAT THE HEAVY RAIN 

AREAS WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME REGION FOR A FEW HOURS SUGGEST THE 

POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING.



MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL OVERNIGHT AS IT IS HARDER TO 

DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF WATER ON THE ROADS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE 

BELOW THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY 

DOWNPOURS ARE OCCURRING. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A CREEK OR STREAM THAT 

NORMALLY FLOODS DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...YOU SHOULD MONITOR YOUR 

LOCAL CONDITIONS CLOSELY...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT AND MORE SO ON 

SUNDAY. 



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