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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

400 AM EDT TUE OCT 15 2002



A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT THROUGH 

WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL NORTH 

CAROLINA: SCOTLAND... HOKE... ANSON... CUMBERLAND... SAMPSON... 

STANLY... MONTGOMERY... MOORE... HARNETT... WAYNE... LEE... 

JOHNSTON... WILSON... CHATHAM... RANDOLPH...DAVIDSON... WAKE... 

EDGECOMBE... NASH... DURHAM... ORANGE... ALAMANCE ... GUILFORD... 

FORSYTH... FRANKLIN... HALIFAX... VANCE... PERSON... GRANVILLE... 

WARREN... AND RICHMOND. 



A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK UP THE SOUTHEAST U.S. 

COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT... HEADING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST COAST 

WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD RAIN DEVELOPING TODAY IS EXPECTED TO 

BRING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH 

CAROLINA... WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE. THE MOST 

LIKELY TIME FOR THE HEAVIEST RAIN TO OCCUR WILL BE FROM EARLY 

AFTERNOON TODAY THROUGH THE WEE HOURS OF WEDNESDAY MORNING.



THIS RAIN WILL FALL ON SOIL ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS. AS 

A RESULT... THE RAIN WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF INTO CREEKS AND RIVERS... 

AS WELL AS LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. CREEKS AND RIVERS THAT 

RISE RAPIDLY DURING HEAVY RAIN... INCLUDING CRABTREE CREEK IN WAKE 

COUNTY AND THE HAW AND ROCKY RIVERS... WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE 

DURING THIS EVENT. 



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. BE ESPECIALLY 

CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF 

FLASH FLOODS. 



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. AS LITTLE AS SIX 

INCHES OF WATER CAN SWEEP AWAY MOST VEHICLES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER 

FLOWING ACROSS THE ROAD... DONT TAKE CHANCES. TURN AROUND AND FIND 

AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. 



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