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WGUS72 KRAH 140040

FFSRAH

NCC001-081-140230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

839 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR GUILFORD COUNTY UNTIL 

1030 PM EDT...AND ALAMANCE COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM EDT...





THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF GUILFORD 

AND ALAMANCE COUNTY.  IN GUILFORD COUNTY HORSEPEN CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS 

BANKS.  REEDY FORK CREEK...BLACKWOOD CREEK AND ROCK BRANCH CREEK WILL 

LIKELY LEAVE THEIR BANKS. IN ALAMANCE COUNTY...BACK CREEK IS LIKELY OUT 

OF ITS BANKS.



SECTIONS OF MEBANE AND THE NORTH AND WEST SIDES OF GREENSBORO HAS 

LIKELY RECEIVED CLOSE TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THESE STORMS.  THE 

THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS 

THROUGH 930 PM. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL FLOOD 

INTERSECTIONS...DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE 

THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND.



A STORM SPOTTER AT 838 PM EDT IN IN MEBANE JUST REPORTED TWO TO THREE 

FEET OF WATER ON WASHINGTON STREET AT HIGHWAY 70.



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