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WGUS72 KRAH 230120

FFSRAH

NCC195-230215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

917 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR WILSON COUNTY

AND THE CITY OF WILSON THROUGH 1015 PM...



AT 917 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUOUSLY 

REDEVELOPING AND TRAINING OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WILSON COUNTY.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE BACKBUILDING TO THE WEST... THEN SLOWLY MOVING 

EAST OVER THE SAME AREAS INCLUDING THE CITY OF WILSON. THIS IS  

PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. 



RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW AS MUCH AS 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE

PAST 3 HOURS OVER THE CITY OF WILSON... WITH AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES

IN THE PAST HOUR. THESE RAINFALL RATES AND AMOUNTS PRODUCE COPIOUS 

AMOUNTS OF RUNOFF ESPECIALLY ENHANCED IN URBAN AREAS. 



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... WILSON... 

LAMM... SIMMS... BLACK CREEK AND RURAL WILSON COUNTY.



REPORTS OF EXTENSIVE STREET AND ROAD FLOODING HAVE ALREADY BEEN 

RECEIVED FROM WILSON. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. 

ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER IS FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. 

TURN AROUND. DO NOT DROWN.  



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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