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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1120 AM EDT WED APR 9 2003



... FLOOD WATCH HAS EXPIRED ...



THE FLOOD WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA HAS 

EXPIRED. THE WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAINFALL THAT BROUGHT 0.75 TO 1.50 

INCHES RAIN TO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA OVERNIGHT HAS MOVED EASTWARD. 

PATCHY LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS 

EVENING. 



MEANWHILE AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 

WILL SLOWLY APPROACH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LATE TONIGHT AND 

THURSDAY. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL BRING MORE RAINFALL TO THE AREA BY 

THURSDAY. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED AND STREAMS NEAR 

BANKFULL...A FLOOD WATCH FOR THURSDAY MAY BE NEEDED.  



STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR THE 

LATEST FORECAST UPDATES. 



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