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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

120 AM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WHICH WERE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NASH 

COUNTY AND WILSON COUNTY HAVE EXPIRED...



AS OF 120 AM... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER WILSON AND SOUTHERN 

NASH COUNTIES. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO WILL 

REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT... HOWEVER NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS 

EXPECTED. 



COUNTY OFFICIALS FROM BOTH NASH AND WILSON COUNTIES REPORT THAT THE 

SEVERE FLOODING FROM EARLIER TONIGHT HAS STARTED TO ABATE... AND THE 

FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING. IN WILSON COUNTY... ABOUT 25 TO 30 PEOPLE 

HAD TO BE EVACUATED LAST EVENING FROM THEIR HOUSES DUE TO RAPIDLY 

RISING WATER. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AT LEAST 

5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THESE COUNTIES SINCE 8 PM.



SOME STREET FLOODING MAY STILL BE OCCURING IN WILSON AND SOUTHERN 

NASH COUNTIES. 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... ESPECIALLY 

AT NIGHT. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP 

MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. 



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