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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

700 AM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002



CORRECTED ENDING TIME OF STATEMENT TO 5 PM EDT



A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY.



THROUGH MID MORNING...RAINFALL WILL BE MOST WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIEST 

IN THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT...FROM AROUND SANFORD AND LILLINGTON 

THROUGH THE TRIANGLE AREA TO KERR LAKE NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER.



IN THIS AREA... HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH PER 

HOUR WILL BE COMMON.  LOCALLY INTENSE BURSTS OF RAINFALL WITH HOURLY 

RATES TO NEAR 3 INCHES AN HOUR ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY FROM 

WESTERN HARNETT COUNTY TO NEAR JORDAN LAKE TO DURHAM AND GRANVILLE 

COUNTIES.   



SHOWERS WILL ALSO BE NUMEROUS TO THE WEST TOWARD THE TRIAD CHARLOTTE 

AREAS.  EAST OF RALEIGH AND FAYETTEVILLE...SHOWERS WILL BE MORE 

WIDELY SCATTERED.  SHOWERS MAY TAPER OFF FOR A FEW HOURS DURING THE 

MIDDLE OF THE DAY...BUT WITH REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA STILL 

WELL TO OUR SOUTH...ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY 

LATER TODAY TOWARD THIS EVENING.



THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE THREAT OF LARGE STREAM OR MAINSTEM RIVER 

FLOODING. BUT THE TROPICAL AIRMASS COMBINED WITH BANDS OF REPEAT 

HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAISE THE POTENTIAL FOR 

LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING OF SMALLER CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES...URBAN 

DRAINAGES AND HIGHWAYS.



MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL THIS MORNING AND TO ALLOW 

EXTRA TRAVEL TIME BECAUSE OF WATER ON THE ROADS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR 

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT 

IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



IF YOU LIVE NEAR A CREEK OR STREAM THAT NORMALLY FLOODS DURING HEAVY 

RAIN EVENTS...YOU SHOULD MONITOR YOUR LOCAL CONDITIONS CLOSELY. 



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

DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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