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WGUS72 KRAH 221818

FFSRAH

NCC057-067-081-222030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

111 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY

  GUILFORD COUNTY AND FORSYTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  UNTIL 330 PM EST...



MODERATE RAINFALL WITH RATES ON UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE 

ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 3 PM. SOME MINOR FLOODING IS BE REPORTED ACROSS 

DAVIDSON...GUILFORD AND FORSYTH COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER

THE NEXT HOUR WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS 

INTERSECTIONS...DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE

THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND WINSTON SALEM...HIGH POINT...LEXINGTON 

AND GREENSBORO CAN EXPECT SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS.





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