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WGUS72 KRAH 020035

FFSRAH

NCC183-020100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

830 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003



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

COUNTY THROUGH 900 PM THIS EVENING...



AT 825 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUOUSLY 

MOVING OVER SOUTHEASTERN WAKE COUNTY.  ANOTHER SURGE OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY TO MOVE IN FROM THE 

SOUTHWEST AROUND 900 PM.  THIS MAY REQUIRE THAT THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING BE EXTENDED LATER INTO THE NIGHT.



WEATHER RADAR AND SPOTTER OBSERVATIONS INDICATE OVER THREE INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOUTHEASTERN WAKE COUNTY THIS EVENING.  LOCALLY 

HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES MAY HAVE FALLEN... 

PARTICULARLY IN AN AREA NEAR THE NEUSE RIVER AND THE COMMUNITY OF 

SHOTWELL.



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

GARNER...SHOTWELL TO WENDELL.



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

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING 

WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 



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