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WGUS72 KRAH 041840

FFSRAH

NCC101-191-195-041915-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

234 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004



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

AND WAYNE COUNTIES...



AT 223 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN 

JOHNSTON COUNTY NEAR CLAYTON MOVING EAST ALONG HIGHWAY 70 AND 

HIGHWAY 42. RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN JOHNSTON...WESTERN WAYNE AND SOUTHERN 

WILSON COUNTIES. 



LOCATIONS MOST THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 3 PM 

INCLUDE...CLAYTON. 



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. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO

SWEEP MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE

AREAS OR NEARBY FLOODING CREEKS AND STREAM SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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