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WGUS72 KRAH 020300

FFSRAH

NCC183-020400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1100 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAKE 

COUNTY HAS EXPIRED BUT A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES OVERNIGHT FOR THE 

ENTIRE AREA IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.



AT 1055 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAIN HAS DECREASED 

AND HAS MOVED EAST OF THE PREVIOUSLY WARNED AREA OF WAKE COUNTY.  

HOWEVER...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND SOUTHWARD INTO 

SOUTH CAROLINA AND CONTINUE TO DRIFT NORTHWARD.  THE AIRMASS REMAINS 

VERY MOIST AND ANY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY 

HEAVY RAINFALL.



RESIDUAL RUNOFF FROM THE FOUR PLUS INCHES OF RAINFALL IN SOME PARTS 

OF SOUTHEASTERN WAKE COUNTY MAY CONTINUE TO CAUSE RISES ON AREA 

STREAMS AND CREEKS AND WATER ON ROADS.  



MOTORISTS IN THE AREA LATE TONIGHT ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME 

CAUTION BECAUSE AT NIGHT...IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE WATER ON THE ROADS 

AND HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 

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

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 

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RFG

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