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WGUS72 KRAH 151900

FFSRAH

NCC069-101-127-195-151930-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

259 PM EDT SUN AUG 15 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR 

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

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MOVED OVER FRANKLIN...NASH...WILSON AND NORTHERN 

JOHNSTON COUNTIES HAS DECREASED AND IS MOVING NORTH OUT OF THIS 

AREA. MANY ROADS IN THESE COUNTIES REMAIN COVERED WITH HIGH 

WATER..AND SOME CREEKS ARE NEAR BANKFULL AND ARE CLOSE TO ROADS. 



NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. 



NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR STORM DRAINS OR NEAR FLOODED CREEKS

AND STREAMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CREATE RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER THAT

CAN EASILY SWEEP A CHILD DOWNSTREAM. THE BANKS OF MANY CREEKS AND

STREAMS MAY ALSO BE WEAKENED AND PRONE TO COLLAPSE.



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