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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

600 PM EDT THU APR 10 2003



...NUMEROUS FLOODING OF ROADS CONTINUES...



ALTHOUGH RAINS HAVE BECOME WIDELY SCATTERED AND MUCH LESS INTENSE 

THAN THE RAINS OF THIS MORNING...SATURATED SOILS AND SWOLLEN CREEKS 

AND STREAMS HAVE NOT ALLOWED WATER ON MANY ROADWAYS TO RECEDE. AS OF 

6 PM NUMEROUS...MAINLY SECONDARY ROADS CONTINUE CLOSED. MANY OF THE 

THESE ROADS ARE LOCATED IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PIEDMONT... AND 

NEAR THE LARGER CREEKS AND RIVERS IN OTHER AREAS. 



AS DARKNESS FALLS...THE THREAT TO MOTORISTS WILL INCREASE. FLOOD 

WATERS WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO SEE IN THE DARKNESS. EVEN WHERE 

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...DEBRIS OR A FILM OF SLICK MUD MAY COVER 

THE ROADWAY. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION THROUGHOUT 

THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING SECONDARY ROADS OR IN UNFAMILIAR 

TERRITORY.



THE THREAT OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING...WITH AREAS 

SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 64 MOST LIKELY TO SEE WIDESPREAD RAINS. HOWEVER 

ADDITIONAL RAINS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN UNDER ONE HALF INCH TONIGHT. 

THEREFORE MANY AREAS WILL SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT IN ROAD CONDITIONS AS 

MIDNIGHT APPROACHES.



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

DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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