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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

740 AM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006



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WILSON NC-

740 AM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM EDT FOR

CENTRAL WILSON COUNTY...



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILSON... 

SARATOGA... AND ELM CITY.



AS OF 735 AM... WILSON COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS SEVERAL 

FLOODING ROADS IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF WILSON. NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND ESTIMATES FROM SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATE 

THAT 2 TO NEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER WILSON COUNTY 

BETWEEN 430 AM AND 730 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF 

TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER WILSON COUNTY BEFORE 815 AM. THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN HOWEVER HAS BEGUN TO SHIFT NORTHEAST AND WILL BE 

EXITING THE COUNTY SHORTLY.



WITH HEAVY RAIN IN THE AFFECTED AREA... WOODBRIDGE ROAD IN SOUTHERN 

WILSON COUNTY IS PRONE TO FLOODING JUST WEST OF STANTONSBURG ALONG 

CONTENTNEA CREEK. ALSO... HIGHWAY 222 IS ALSO PRONE TO FLOODING 

SOUTH OF STANTONSBURG ALONG CONTENTNEA CREEK... AND SEVERAL 

RESIDENTIAL AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 42 ON THE WEST SIDE OF WILSON MAY 

EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. LOCATIONS ALONG AIRPORT BOULEVARD IN AND 

AROUND THE INTERSECTION OF STEDMAN DRIVE MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE 

FLOODING.



REMEMBER... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR 

CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.



LAT...LON 3583 7783 3567 7777 3563 7801 3578 7806



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