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WGUS72 KRAH 272023

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

420 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006



NCC057-067-081-272115-

DAVIDSON NC-GUILFORD NC-FORSYTH NC-

420 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR

EASTERN FORSYTH...WESTERN GUILFORD AND NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTIES...



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

KERNERSVILLE...HIGH POINT...GREENSBORO AND THOMASVILLE.



COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN GUILFORD COUNTY REPORT WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE 

COUNTY FROM PTI AIRPORT SOUTHWARD TO NEAR HIGH POINT. OFFICIALS IN 

DAVIDSON COUNTY REPORT A FEW ROADS CLOSED IN THE THOMASVILLE AREA 

DUE TO HIGH WATER. ALSO ABBOTTS CREEK WAS RISING RAPIDLY IN DAVIDSON 

COUNTY. FORSYTH COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT SOME MINOR URBAN FLOODING IN 

KERNERSVILLE BUT NO STREETS WERE BARRICADED AT THIS TIME. 



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF FORSYTH AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES BUT 

DUE TO ONGOING FLOODING...THE WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT. THE 

HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS GUILFORD COUNTY INCLUDING GREENSBORO 

THROUGH 5 PM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES IN LESS 

THAN AN HOUR WILL BE COMMON WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 3 INCHES 

POSSIBLE.



STORM SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT MEASURED RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

AND ANY OBSERVED FLOODING. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO DRIVE WITH 

CAUTION TO KEEP FROM HYDROPLANING. POLICE OFFICIALS REPORT EXTENSIVE 

PONDING ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.  







LAT...LON 3569 8029 3570 8032 3572 8033 3572 8037

      3624 8010 3625 8009 3624 7988 3593 7993

      3592 8004 3588 8006 3567 8007



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