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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

210 PM EDT WED SEP 8 2004



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

UNTIL 3 PM...



AT 209 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM 

MONTICELLO TO FOREST OAKS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAIN WILL 

TAPER OFF ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY BY 3 PM. HEAVY HAS ENDED FROM 

GREENSBORO WEST. HOWEVER EXCESSIVE RUNOFF IS STILL CAUSING SOME 

FLOODING ALONG BUFFALO CREEK AS WELL AS ALONG HARVEY ROAD AND STANLY 

ROAD. SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS GREENSBORO HAVE RECEIVED ALMOST 2 

INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR.



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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