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WGUS72 KRAH 280444

FFSRAH

NCC057-067-081-280745-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1245 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004



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

AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES THROUGH 345 AM...



AT 1245 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL BANDS OF HEAVY 

RAINFALL OVER THE PIEDMONT TRIAD REGION. ONE BAND EXTENDED FROM 

NORTHEAST RANDOLPH COUNTY NORTHWEST ACROSS GREENSBORO IN GUILFORD 

COUNTY... AND INTO NORTHEAST FORSYTH COUNTY NEAR BELEWS LAKE.

THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING OUT OF THE WARNING AREA. IT 

PRODUCED BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF FORSYTH 

COUNTY... NORTHEAST DAVIDSON COUNTY... AND WESTERN GUILFORD COUNTY 

EARLIER. FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN WINSTON-SALEM WHERE AN 

APARTMENT BUILDING WAS FLOODED AROUND 1210 AM. 

 

AT 1245 AM... ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED ACROSS SOUTHWEST 

DAVIDSON COUNTY. THIS SECOND BAND WILL LIKELY AFFECT MUCH OF THE 

PIEDMONT TRIAD REGION IN THE WARNED AREAS THROUGH 345 AM... AS IT 

MOVES TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 

2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIKELY OCCUR AS THIS BAND MOVES THROUGH. THIS 

WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.   



SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... 

WINSTON-SALEM... THOMASVILLE... LEXINGTON... HIGH POINT... 

GREENSBORO. 



NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 



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