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WGUS72 KRAH 230348

FFSRAH

NCC195-230515-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1145 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 CONTINUE TO BE UNDERWATER ACROSS CENTRAL 

AND NORTHERN WILSON COUNTY AND IN THE CITY OF WILSON. 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 HAD FINALLY DIMINISHED OVER THE COUNTY. STORM TOTAL 

RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES OCCURRED OVER WILSON. 

THESE RAINFALL RATES AND AMOUNTS PRODUCED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RUNOFF 

ESPECIALLY ENHANCED IN URBAN AREA AROUND THE CITY OF WILSON.  

AN OFFICIAL AT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE IN WILSON REPORTED 

THAT THE RAIN GAUGE OVERFLOWED AT 5 INCHES BEFORE THE RAIN ENDED.



FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 115 AM... EVEN THOUGH THE 

RAINFALL HAS ENDED. IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE FLOOD WATERS TO 

RECEDE. 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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