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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1000 PM EDT TUE APR 8 2003



...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA 

UNTIL 1100 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING...



THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...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.



LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO ACROSS 

EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH 

WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RAIN MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 900 PM TUESDAY EVENING RANGED BETWEEN A 

QUARTER TO A THIRD OF AN INCH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 

MID DAY WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO TOTAL BETWEEN ONE AND TWO 

INCHES... WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF TWO AND A HALF INCHES POSSIBLE. 

STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE NEAR BANKFULL..AND THE ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY 

BEGIN TO CAUSE SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS. 



THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ALSO CAUSE THE MAIN STEM RIVERS TO RISE 

SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE MID AND LATTER PORTIONS OF THE WEEK. AS THE 

LARGER RIVERS ARE NEAR OR EVEN SLIGHTLY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...

RIVER FLOODING MAY BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY... 

ESPECIALLY ALONG THE YADKIN...HAW...ROCKY...ROANOKE...TAR AND THE 

NEUSE RIVERS. 



RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS... ESPECIALLY ALONG STREAMS... 

CREEKS... RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES... SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION 

TO THE LATEST FORECASTS CONCERNING RAINFALL AND STREAM LEVELS THIS 

WEEK. 



RAINFALL TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY. 

HOWEVER BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE 

ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. IT APPEARS 

THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHTER THAN THE CURRENT SYSTEM... 

BUT MAY STILL BE SIGNIFICANT... POSSIBLY TOTALING BETWEEN A HALF 

AND ONE ADDITIONAL INCH. 



REMEMBER...A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT 

IMMINENT.



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

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

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 FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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