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WGUS72 KRAH 030206

FFSRAH

NCC067-030215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

954 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004



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



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE AROUND 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

BETWEEN 830 AND 930 PM...IN NORTHEASTERN FORSYTH COUNTY ALONG AND 

EAST OF US HIGHWAY 311.  THE SLAEM UNITED METHOPDIST CHURCH HAS 

FLOODED IN THIS AREA.  DOPPLER ESTIMATES ALSO INDICATE THAT 1.75 TO 

2.0 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN WINSTON-SALEM...WHICH WAS CONFIRMED 

BY THE ASOS WITH 1.60 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR.  THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN HAS SINCE SHIFTED TO THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY 

BETWEEN US HIGHWAYS 158 AND 421...WHERE DOPPLER ESTIMATES OF 1.5 TO 

1.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.  LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH 

FLOODING CONTINUE TO INCLUDE THE WINSTON-SALEM AREA SOUTHWEST TO 

DAVIDSON COUNTY LINE.





A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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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