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WGUS72 KRAH 190011

FFSRAH

NCC067-190100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

759 PM EDT WED SEP 18 2002



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT EARLIER THIS EVENING FOR FORSYTH 

COUNTY HAS NOW EXPIRED.  



HEAVY RAINS HAVE TAPERED OFF TO MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWERS AND CREEK 

LEVELS ARE RECEDING.  HOWEVER...WATER MAY YET BE COVERING SOME ROADS 

IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY...PARTICULARLY AROUND PFAFFTOWN.



RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

SINCE 400 PM THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND 

WESTERN FORSYTH COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST APPEAR TO HAVE OCCURRED FROM 

NEAR LEWISVILLE AND PFAFFTOWN TO NEAR STANLEYVILLE...NORTH AND WEST 

OF WINSTON-SALEM.



SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN FLOODED AND MAY CONTINUE TO BE IMPASSABLE UNTIL 

WATERS RECEDE LATER THIS EVENING. IN PARTICULAR... CONRAD... 

SAWMILL...GRAPEVINE...AND ROBINHOOD ROADS...ALL NEAR PFAFFTOWN HAVE 

HAD REPORTS OF FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS. 



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