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WGUS72 KRAH 020002

FFSRAH

NCC183-020100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

757 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAKE 

COUNTY THROUGH 900 PM THIS EVENING...



AT 750 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUOUSLY 

MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN WAKE COUNTY.



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...KNIGHTDALE... 

GARNER... SHOTWELL...TO WENDELL.



WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL OF THREE INCHES OR MORE HAS 

FALLEN IN SOUTHEASTERN WAKE COUNTY SINCE 500 PM.  LOCAL AMOUNTS UP 

TO 5 OR 6 INCHES MAY HAVE FALLEN IN PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA.  THIS 

IS LIKELY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS AND 

EXTENSIVE HIGHWAY FLOODING.  



NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR STORM DRAINS OR NEAR FLOODED CREEKS

AND STREAMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CREATE RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER THAT 

CAN EASILY SWEEP A CHILD DOWNSTREAM. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 



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