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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1008 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2004



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

UNTIL NOON...



AT 1006 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER GUILFORD 

COUNTY. A SECOND BAND OF HEAVY RAIN EXTENDS FROM HIGH POINT SOUTH TO 

TROY. THIS BAND IS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH AND WILL DROP HEAVY RAIN 

ACROSS HIGH POINT...GREENSBORO...STOKESDALE AND SUMMERFIELD.



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...GREENSBORO...

HIGH POINT...STOKESDALE... SUMMERFIELD...INTERSTATE 40 WEST OF 

GREENSBORO...AND GREENSBORO.



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.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE

AREAS OR NEARBY FLOODING CREEKS AND STREAM SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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