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WGUS72 KRAH 151807

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NCC069-101-127-195-151900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

206 PM EDT SUN AUG 15 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR 

FRANKLIN...NASH...WILSON AND NORTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES...



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA...AND 

AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 300 PM.  



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE WILSON...ROCKY 

MOUNT...NASHVILLE...AND LOUISBURG. WATER WILL BE FLOWING ACROSS 

ROADS AND CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



IN FRANKLIN COUNTY...PORTIONS OF MUTT WINSTON ROAD SOUTH OF 

LOUISBURG ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING AND COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE. 



IN JOHNSTON COUNTY...LITTLE BUFFALO CREEK MAY FLOOD NEAR BAY VALLEY 

ROAD NORTHWEST OF KENLY.



IN WILSON COUNTY...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING ALONG 

SAINT ROES CHURCH ROAD NEAR CONTENTNEA CREEK WEST OF THE CITY OF 

WILSON. SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 42 ON THE WEST SIDE 

OF WILSON CAN EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING DUE TO RAPID RUNOFF FROM 

VERY HEAVY RAIN. WATER IS ALSO FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 

264...RESULTING IN NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS.



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. REDUCE YOUR SPEED WHEN DRIVING THROUGH HEAVY 

RAIN TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.



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