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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

521 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR WESTERN WAKE COUNTY...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR WESTERN

WAKE COUNTY. SINCE 415 PM EDT... BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

FALLEN OVER EXTREME WESTERN WAKE COUNTY INCLUDING MORRISVILLE... THE

SOUTHSIDE OF RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK AND AREAS IMMEDIATELY WEST OF

CARY.



AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY AROUND MORRISVILLE... CARY... 

AND RDU AIRPORT THROUGH 6 PM.



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.



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