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WGUS72 KRAH 301137

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NCC037-063-101-183-301300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

722 AM EDT MON AUG 30 2004



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

JOHNSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 9 AM...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR CHATHAM COUNTY 

UNTIL 930 AM...



AT 717 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION OF 

GASTON WAS IN SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY NORTH NORTHEAST. 

BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE FROM BENSON AND SMITHFIELD NORTHWEST 

ACROSS THE TRIANGLE...DURHAM...PITTSBORO AND SILER CITY THROUGH 9AM. 

RAINFALL RATES OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE 

MORNING HOURS. LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY...WESTERN 

JOHNSTON AND CHATHAM COUNTY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS MORNING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN 

FLOODING OF SOME ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

RANGING FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.



PERSONS LIVING NEAR CREEKS AND STREAM SUCH AS CRABTREE CREEK AND 

SWIFT CREEK IN RALEIGH...LITTLE CREEK IN JOHNSTON COUNTY AND BEAR 

CREEK IN CHATHAM COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS THIS MORNING. IF 

FLOOD WATERS RISE BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY. 

 

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING 

WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. DO NOT 

DROWN...TURN AROUND.



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