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WGUS72 KRAH 280542

FFSRAH

NCC057-067-081-280745-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

145 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004



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

AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES THROUGH 345 AM...



AT 145 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAIN ASSOCIATED 

WITH A RAIN BAND MOVING INTO DAVIDSON AND SOUTHWEST FORSYTH 

COUNTIES. THIS BAND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH AND WILL 

AFFECT DAVIDSON... FORSYTH... AND GUILFORD COUNTIES BETWEEN 145 AM 

AND 245 AM. 



RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES IN THE HOUR WILL OCCUR WITH THIS 

RAIN BAND ACROSS THE WARNED AREA FROM HIGH ROCK TO LEXINGTON.. 

THOMASVILLE.. HIGH POINT... GREENSBORO... WINSTON-SALEM... AND 

KERNERSVILLE. FLOODING HAD ALREADY BEEN REPORTED FROM THE EARLIER 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY THROUGH 345 

AM. 



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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