

000 

WGUS72 KRAH 050243

FFSRAH

NCC001-037-081-151-050330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1041 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003



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

GUILFORD... SOUTHERN ALAMANCE... NORTHEASTERN RANDOLPH AND 

NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUNTIES...



AT 1039 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY 

RAIN FROM STALEY TO SNOW CAMP... SILER CITY AND SAXAPAHAW. THE

STORMS WERE FINALLY MOVING OUT OF THE CLIMAX AND JULIAN AREAS 

OF SOUTHEAST GUILFORD COUNTY WHERE THE GUILFORD COUNTY OFFICIALS

WERE REPORTING SEVERAL HOUSES WERE UNDER WATER. NUMEROUS ROADS WERE 

UNDER SEVERAL FEET OF WATER AND THERE WERE ONGOING RESCUES UNDERWAY

TO SAVE LIVES.



THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS FLOOD SITUATION. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF

4 INCHES AN HOUR WERE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. RADAR ESTIMATES

FROM THE JULIAN AND CLIMAX AREAS INDICATED THAT AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES

OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THESE AREAS SINCE 800 PM. 



LOCATIONS WITH ONGOING FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... CLIMAX... JULIAN... 

LIBERTY... STALEY... SNOW CAMP.... AND RURAL AREAS IN BETWEEN. 



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.



$$



BADGETT

