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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

410 AM EDT WED APR 9 2003



...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR  ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH 

CAROLINA THROUGH LATE MORNING...



THE WATCH INCLUDES SUCH CITIES AS ALBEMARLE...WADESBORO...SOUTHERN 

PINES...SANFORD...GREENSBORO...WINSTON SALEM...LEXINGTON... 

BURLINGTON...RALEIGH ...DURHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CREEDMOOR...ROXBORO

ROCKY MOUNT-WILSON... TARBORO... GOLDSBORO... CLINTON...SMITHFIELD

...FAYETTEVILLE... AND LAURINBURG. 



A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST 

ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC REGION

TODAY.  WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL OF 

CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH LATE MORNING...WITH RAIN HEAVY AT 

TIMES. THE RAINS WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS 

EARLY THIS MORNING...OVER THE CENTRAL AND EAST DURING THE MID AND 

LATE MORNING.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING HAVE AVERAGED BETWEEN A 

QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS 

APPROACHING THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

THROUGH MID DAY TODAY 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 THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. AS THE LARGER RIVERS ARE 

NEAR OR EVEN SLIGHTLY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...RIVER FLOODING MAY BECOME 

MORE WIDESPREAD THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY... 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. 



ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH 

CAROLINA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL 

FOR ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. AT THIS TIME...RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN  ONE HALF TO AROUND ONE INCH...WITH 

LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT.  THIS 

WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY AS A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE ISSUED FOR ALL OR 

PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY.





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 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 FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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