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WGUS72 KRAH 292011

FFSRAH

NCC183-292100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

410 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003



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

500 PM...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN NEAR 

FUQUAY-VARINA...MCCULLERS CROSSROADS...AND HOLLY SPRINGS. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED THREE INCHES PER HOUR IN THESE AREAS...RESULTING 

IN FLOODING OF ROADS...CREEKS...AND DITCHES. 



THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED ROAD FLOODING IN RALEIGH HAVE MOVE EAST 

OF THE CITY. DITCHES AND DIPS IN ROADS MAY BE FLOODED IN AND AROUND 

RALEIGH. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER

THAN IT APPEARS. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO

SWEEP MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



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