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WGUS72 KRAH 230243

FFSRAH

NCC195-230400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1040 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004



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

AND THE CITY OF WILSON THROUGH 115 AM...



THIS CONTINUES TO BE A VERY SERIOUS LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD 

EVENT. ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA OR SEE RISING 

WATER APPROACHING YOUR AREA. 



NUMEROUS STREETS AND ROADS ARE UNDERWATER ACROSS CENTRAL AND 

NORTHERN WILSON COUNTY AND IN THE CITY OF WILSON AS OF 1030 PM. 

RESCUE PERSONNEL WERE GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN THE CITY OF WILSON

TO EVACUATE HOUSES IN AREAS WHERE WATER WAS RISING RAPIDLY 

FROM CREEKS AND STREAMS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.  



THUNDERSTORMS WERE FINALLY WEAKENING OVER WILSON COUNTY AS OF 1040 

PM... HOWEVER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS OVER THE CITY OF WILSON AND 

SURROUNDING AREAS. THESE RAINFALL RATES AND AMOUNTS PRODUCED COPIOUS 

AMOUNTS OF RUNOFF ESPECIALLY ENHANCED IN URBAN AREA AROUND THE CITY 

OF WILSON.  



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... 

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

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE HEAVY RAINFALL 

ENDS. ABSOLUTELY DO NOT TRY TO TRAVEL UNTIL THE FLOOD WATERS RECEDE.



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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