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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1015 PM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002



...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES OVERNIGHT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...



A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES OVERNIGHT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH 

CAROLINA...EXCLUDING THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND TRIAD REGION.



PERIODS OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD MOST OF 

CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA OVERNIGHT. SINCE 2 PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF 

CUMBERLAND AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES IN THE SANDHILLS...AND IN WARREN AND 

HALIFAX COUNTIES IN THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN.  IN ADDITION...

WIDESPREAD RAIN OCCURRED LAST NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING OVER MUCH 

OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT.  THUS ANY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURS 

OVERNIGHT WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF 

CREEKS...STREAMS AND AREAS WHERE WATER COLLECTS DURING HEAVY RAIN 

EVENTS.



IT APPEARS THE THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE GREATEST 

BETWEEN 11 PM AND 4 AM..AND MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN 

PIEDMONT...SANDHILLS...COASTAL PLAIN AND EASTERN PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL 

NORTH CAROLINA.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND A HALF INCH WILL BE 

COMMON WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES.  

AT A FEW PLACES...MOST OF THIS RAINFALL WILL OCCUR IN LESS THAN TWO 

HOURS...INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING ALONG 

CREEKS...STREAMS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES.



THE RAIN SHOULD BE TAPERING OFF WEST TO EAST SHORTLY BEFORE DAYBREAK.



MOTORISTS OVERNIGHT SHOULD BE EXTRA ALERT WHEN DRIVING ON WET ROADWAYS 

AND TRAVEL BELOW THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT.  BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS WHEN 

DRIVING THROUGH HEAVY DOWNPOURS. 



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