

000 

WGUS72 KRAH 301303

FFSRAH

NCC037-063-101-183-301330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

900 AM EDT MON AUG 30 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DURHAM...WAKE...AND JOHNSTON HAS BEEN 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHATHAM COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT 

UNTIL 930 AM...



EVEN THOUGH THE WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WAKE AND JOHNSTON 

COUNTY....A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM EMIT IN JOHNSTON COUNTY 

TO WENDELL...ROLESVILLE...WAKE FOREST AND DURHAM. THIS BAND IS 

PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR WHICH WILL RESULT 

IN MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS AND CREEKS. CRABTREE CREEK REMAINS WITHIN 

ITS BANKS AND RISES SHOULD STEADILY SLOW DOWN AS MUCH OF RALEIGH 

EXPERIENCES A BREAK IN THE HEAVY RAINFALL.



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER WESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY FROM SILK 

HOPE TO SILER CITY AND BEAR CREEK. FLOODING IN LOCATION WEST OF 

PITTSBORO IS POSSIBLE IN CHATHAM COUNTY. 



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.



$$



04

