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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

950 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NASH COUNTY INCLUDING NASHVILLE AND 

ROCKY MOUNT THROUGH 1100 PM...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WAKE COUNTY INCLUDING RALEIGH THROUGH 

1130 PM...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE TO MOVE 

ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN WAKE COUNTY AND ACROSS CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN NASH COUNTY AS OF 945 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY 

RAIN WERE OVER RALEIGH AND WENDELL... AND OVER BAILEY IN WAKE AND

NASH COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE 700 PM HAVE RANGED BETWEEN 1

AND 2.5 INCHES FROM RALEIGH THROUGH NASHVILLE TO ROCKY MOUNT. 



NASH COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF AROUND A 

FOOT OF WATER RUNNING ACROSS RURAL ROADS. IN ADDITION... A CAR WAS 

CAUGHT IN A FLOODED STRETCH OF US-64 NEAR INTERSTATE 95 AROUND 930 

PM. 



IN WAKE COUNTY... THE FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED MOSTLY FROM THE 

URBAN AREAS AROUND RALEIGH. 1 TO 1.5 FEET OF WATER WAS RUNNING 

ACROSS GARNER ROAD NEAR THE I-440 BELTLINE. OTHER AREAS OF FLOODING 

REPORTS WERE ALONG CAPITAL BOULEVARD AT BRENTWOOD ROAD AND OLD 

BUFFALO ROAD. 

 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED

TO OCCUR FROM RALEIGH EAST THROUGH KNIGHTDALE... GARNER...

WENDELL AND ZEBULON THROUGH 1030 PM. MOTORISTS ON THE HILLY US-64 

AND ON RURAL ROADS EAST OF RALEIGH SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AT 

THE BOTTOM OF HILLS. THESE STORMS WILL SHIFT EAST INTO SOUTHERN NASH 

COUNTY BEFORE 1030 PM. 



THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY 1030 PM ACROSS

WAKE COUNTY... WHICH SHOULD ALLOW THE HIGH WATER AREAS TO RECEDE 

RAPIDLY. 



UNTIL THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS... MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO NEVER DRIVE

THROUGH WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADS. FLOOD WATERS ARE MOST DIFFICULT

TO SEE AT NIGHT. 



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