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WGUS72 KRAH 292308

FFSRAH

NCC067-300030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

703 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR FORSYTH COUNTY...



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING 

INCLUDE...WINSTON-SALEM...RURAL HALL...PFAFFTOWN...LEWISVILLE... 

CLEMMONS...BELEWS CREEK.



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ESPECIALLY OVER 

SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF FORSYTH COUNTY.  RAINFALL RATES OF 

2 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 



CREEKS LIKELY TO BE FLOODED INCLUDE ELLISON...BLACKS...DOUBLE...AND 

BLANKET CREEKS AND MUDDY AND SALEM CREEKS...ALL IN THE SOUTHWEST 

PORTION OF FORSYTH COUNTY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE

AREAS OR NEARBY FLOODING CREEKS AND STREAM SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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