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WGUS72 KRAH 280650

FFSRAH

NCC057-067-081-280745-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

250 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004



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

AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES THROUGH 345 AM...



AT 250 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A VERY HEAVY RAIN BAND 

EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST ACROSS FORSYTH... SOUTHERN 

GUILFORD... AND NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES. THIS HEAVY RAIN BAND WAS 

PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR OVER THE 

REGION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAD ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THESE AREAS BEFORE THIS RAIN BAND MOVED IN. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN 

WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN WINSTON-SALEM AND 

GREENSBORO THROUGH 345 AM. 



ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST ACROSS 

WESTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY. THIS BAND WAS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 

AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR. BOTH THESE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE 

TO MOVE TO THE NORTH THROUGH THE WARNED COUNTIES BETWEEN 245 AM AND 

345 AM. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. 



FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTING IN THOMASVILLE... LEXINGTON... AND 

WINSTON-SALEM. NUMEROUS STREETS ARE CLOSED IN LEXINGTON AND 

THOMASVILLE. 



IN WINSTON-SALEM... THE OLD TOWN RECREATIONAL CENTER WAS SET UP AS 

AN EVACUATION SHELTER FOR THE FAMILIES THAT WERE EVACUATED FROM THE 

AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN DOWNTOWN EARLIER. 



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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