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WGUS72 KRAH 042012

FFSRAH

NCC101-042215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

410 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004



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



AT 402 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUOUSLY 

REDEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL JOHNSTON COUNTY MOVING ACROSS 

SMITHFIELD...FOUR OAKS...SELMA...PINE LEVEL AND PRINCETON. SEVERE 

FLOODING IS BEING REPORTED IN PORTIONS OF SMITHFIELD AND FOUR OAKS. 

FLOODING IS BEING REPORTED ALONG PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 70 AS WELL AS 

ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 95. SEVERAL UNDERPASSES ARE BEING 

CLOSED.



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...SMITHFIELD...FOUR 

OAKS...SELMA AND PRINCETON.



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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