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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1020 PM EDT WED APR 9 2003



A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY THROUGH 1100 PM THURSDAY EVENING 

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. 



WIDESPREAD RAIN IN THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST PIEDMONTS COULD 

PRODUCE UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN BY SUNRISE. THIS INCLUDES THE 

BURLINGTON...TRIAD... ASHEBORO... SOUTHERN PINES...ALBEMARLE... 

LEXINGTON...WADESBORO...AND ROCKINGHAM AREAS. RAIN WILL BE LIGHTER 

OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH AREA...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING

UP TO ONE HALF INCH OVERNIGHT.



A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE AREA SOUTH OF THE TAR HEEL STATE WILL 

STRENGTHEN OVERNIGHT...AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE TOMORROW THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE 

ALREADY HIGH DUE TO RAINS FROM THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...AND FLOODING 

PROBLEMS ARE POSSIBLE.  PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE 

ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOOD 

WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.



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. 



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

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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