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WGUS72 KRAH 140013

FFSRAH

NCC183-140045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

812 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WAKE 

COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM THIS EVENING...



AT 809 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AND AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WITH 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN 

WAKE COUNTY.  SKYWARN SPOTTERS INDICATED A HALF A FOOT OF WATER 

FLOWING ACROSS THE NEW FALLS OF NEUSE ROAD ONE QUARTER MILE FROM US 

ROUTE ONE IN NORTHEAST WAKE COUNTY.



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...WAKE 

FOREST...ROLESVILLE...PURNELL...NORTH RALEIGH...FALLS...BAYLEAF.



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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