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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

137 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AND URBAN AND SMALL 

STREAM ADVISORY FOR WAYNE COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM...



THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CONTINUE OVER 

WAYNE COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM. RAINFALL RANGING UP TO 2 INCHES HAS 

FALLEN OVER THE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON...AND AN ADDITONAL INCH TO 

INCH AND A HALF IS POSSIBLE BY 230 PM. MINOR FLOODING HAS BEEN 

REPORTED ON ROADS EAST OF GOLDSBORO.



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...WALNUT CREEK...

MAR-MAC...GOLDSBORO...FREMONT...BROGDEN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR 

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES 

CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



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