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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1250 PM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR WAKE... DURHAM... 

GRANVILLE... AND VANCE COUNTIES UNTIL 2 PM...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

...SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO FLOODING...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW HEAVY RAIN 

ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ROXBORO THROUGH CHAPEL HILL... 

PITTSBORO... CARTHAGE... AND ROCKINGHAM. RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING AT A 

RATE OF ONE-HALF TO ONE-AND-A-HALF INCHES PER HOUR... AND THIS HAS 

PRODUCED CONSIDERABLE URBAN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS.  



WAKE COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED FLOODING IN BUILDINGS NEAR THE 

RALEIGH-DURHAM AIRPORT... AND THEY HAVE EVACUATED PEOPLE FROM 

FLOODED VEHICLES ON LUMLEY ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 540 BY THE AIRPORT. 

ALSO... CRABTREE CREEK HAS EXCEEDED FLOOD STAGE AT WAKE FOREST 

ROAD... AND IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING FLOOD STAGE AT CRABTREE VALLEY 

MALL AND ANDERSON DRIVE. FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED AT THE 

INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 55 AND 64 IN APEX. DURHAM COUNTY OFFICIALS 

REPORT WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING ACROSS THE CITY OF DURHAM. 

CORNWALLIS ROAD AT INTERSTATE 40 HAS BEEN CLOSED BY COUNTY OFFICIALS.



THE BACK EDGE OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO PUSH SLOWLY 

EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON... PUSHING THE HEAVY RAIN FARTHER EAST INTO 

THE EASTERN SANDHILLS AND THE COASTAL PLAIN... INCLUDING THE I-95 

CORRIDOR. IN ADDITION... AS TROPICAL STORM KYLE TRACKS NORTHWARD 

ACROSS FAR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT... MORE HEAVY RAIN IS 

EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... ESPECIALLY FROM OXFORD... 

DURHAM AND SOUTHERN PINES TO THE EAST. WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 

INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING.



MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... 

TRAVELING WELL BELOW THE POSTED SPEEDS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER 

COVERING THE ROAD... DONT TAKE CHANCES. TURN AROUND AND FIND AN 

ALTERNATE ROUTE. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A CREEK OR STREAM... MONITOR WATER 

LEVELS FREQUENTLY... AND TAKE QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS IMMINENT.



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