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WGUS72 KRAH 121956

FFSRAH

NCC067-122030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

348 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004



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

UNTIL 430 PM...



AT 344 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER FORSYTH COUNTY FROM CLEMMONS TO WINSTON SALEM AND 

WALKERTOWN. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED EAST AND EXITED THE COUNTY. 

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT AS STREAMS AND CREEKS CAN 

STILL CAUSE FLOODING FROM RUNOFF.



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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