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WGUS72 KRAH 122055

FFSRAH

NCC063-183-122200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

450 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR DURHAM AND WAKE 

COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM...



VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL OVER WAKE AND DURHAM COUNTIES AT 

450 PM. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES IN THE RALEIGH AREA AND 

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 64 IN CARY.



AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 530 PM. AS A 

RESULT...ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM THE 

RALEIGH AREA EAST...INCLUDING GARNER... WAKE FOREST...ZEBULON... 

WENDELL AND KNIGHTDALE. SOME ROADS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE 

INTERSTATE 40 AND HIGHWAYS 64...70...AND 401.



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.



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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