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WGUS72 KRAH 100237

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NCC001-063-077-135-183-100330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1033 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DURHAM COUNTY THROUGH 

1115 PM...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED IN ORANGE COUNTY AT 1015 PM...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED IN ALAMANCE COUNTY AT 1000 PM...



THUNDERSTORMS WERE DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY OVER DURHAM COUNTY AS OF 

1030 PM. STREET FLOODING WAS ONGOING OVER THE COUNTY FROM THE 

EARLIER HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. 



IN ORANGE AND ALAMANCE COUNTIES... FLASH FLOODING THAT OCCURRED 

EARLIER IN THE BURLINGTON... HILLSBOROUGH... AND SEVERAL RURAL

AREAS HAS ENDED AS THE WATER HAS RECEDED. 



RADAR INDICATED THAT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS

CONTINUED TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE RAINFALL

RATES HAVE DIMINISHED... ALLOWING THE ORANGE AND ALAMANCE 

WARNINGS TO EXPIRE. 



FOR THOSE IN DURHAM COUNTY AND IN CASE HEAVY RAINS REDEVELOP OVER 

ORANGE AND ALAMANCE COUNTIES...



YOU ARE REMINDED THAT MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER 

DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 

VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED.



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