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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

818 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS EXPIRED AT 815 PM FOR MONTGOMERY AND ANSON 

COUNTIES...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM FOR RANDOLPH AND 930 

PM FOR CHATHAM COUNTIES...



A LOW-LEVEL LOW SEEN IN SATELLITE IMAGERY THAT AIDED IN THE 

PRODUCTION OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS BECOMING SHEARED APART AS THE SUN 

SETS GREATLY REDUCING CHANCES OF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THIS FEATURE. 



THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 900 PM AND MOVE TO AFFECT 

PITTSBORO... SNOW CAMP... CARTHAGE... SANFORD... CHAPEL HILL AND 

DURHAM. THESE RAINS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH AND 

AFFECT THE RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AS WELL.



THE RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE MODERATE IN NATURE WITH 

RAINFALL RATES BEING ONE TO 1.2 INCHES PER HOUR IN ISOLATED AREAS. 



THESE ISOLATED AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF 

ROADWAYS WHICH IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT - AS YOU CANNOT SEE 

THE DEPTH OF THE WATER ON ROADS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED 

ROADWAYS ... FOUR NORTH CAROLINIANS LOST THERE LIVES MONDAY BY 

ATTEMPTING TO DO SO.         



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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