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WGUS72 KRAH 312208

FFSRAH

NCC081-151-3122130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

605 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WHICH WERE IN EFFECT FOR GUILFORD AND 

NORTHWEST RANDOLPH COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED...



AT 600 PM... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED PERSISTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE 

RAIN OVER GUILFORD AND NORTHWEST RANDOLPH COUNTIES. EARLIER HEAVY 

RAIN PRODUCED FLOODING OF SEVERA CREEKS AND ROADS IN ARCHDALE AND 

GREENSBORO. 



NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THESE AREAS 

SINCE 500 PM... HOWEVER MANY ROADS REMAIN WATER-COVERED AND 

IMPASSABLE... INCLUDING LATHAM ROAD IN GREENSBORO WHERE BUFFALO 

CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS...AND MENDENHALL ROAD IN ARCHDALE WHERE A 

BRIDGE HAS WASHED OUT.



REMEMBER THAT MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE 

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

WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A WATER 

COVERED ROAD... TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. NEVER DRIVE 

AROUND POLICE BARRICADES.



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