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WGUS72 KRAH 141848

FFSRAH

NCZ011-027-028-043-078-142100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

247 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...



WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN FROM HURRICANE CHARLEY WILL MOVE INTO THE

NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN...AND 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 300

AND 500 PM. THE RAIN WILL BE ENDING FROM THE SOUTH...WITH RAIN

BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF IN THE GOLDSBORO AREA BY 330 PM. RAIN WILL

HAVE ENDED IN MOST AREAS BY EVENING.



LOCALLY HEAVIER RAIN IS POSSIBLE AND THERE MAY BE FLOODING ON ROADS 

AND IN LOWLYING AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY EAST 

OF INTERSTATE 95. DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER ON THE ROAD... 

WHICH MAY LINGER INTO EARLY TONIGHT. DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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