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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1021 PM EDT SAT JUL 17 2004



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



AT 1017 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER

GREENSBORO...HILLSDALE...LAKE BRANDT AND LAKE TOWNSEND. RAINFALL 

RATES OF NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE CREATING A VERY DANGEROUS 

SITUATION IN GREENSBORO. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA FOR 

THE NEXT HOUR. THIS IS BECOMING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...GREENSBORO. 

PERSONS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS IN LOW LYING 

AREAS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY 

AS WATER RISES. RESIDENT ALONG SOUTH AND NORTH BUFFALO CREEKS 

SHOULD MONITOR CREEK LEVELS CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. CREEKS ARE 

RISING RAPIDLY AT SEVERAL FEET PER HOUR AND WILL SOON BE OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS AND FLOODING SURROUNDING AREAS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT 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. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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