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WGUS72 KRAH 011146

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

639 AM EST MON JAN 1 2007



NCC067-011215-

FORSYTH NC-

639 AM EST MON JAN 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EST FOR

FORSYTH COUNTY...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT WIDSPREAD FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS 

AS WELL AS SEVERAL STREETS IN WINSTON-SALEM. OFFICIALS HAVE 

PERFORMED AT LEAST ONE WATER RESCUE AND POSSIBLY ANOTHER. 

EVACUATIONS MAY BE NECESSARY AT A COUPLE OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES ON 

THE NORTHSIDE OF WINSTON-SALEM. IN ADDITION...A MUD SLIDE HAS 

OCCURRED ALONG OAK RIDGE DRIVE NEAR A NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. AS 

MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER WINSTON SALEM BETWEEN 2 AM 

AND 5 AM. WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINSIHED AS OF 630 AM...ANOTHER 

ROUND OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY AFFECT FORSYTH COUNTY BY 8 AM. 

THUS...THE WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 715 AM. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BELEWS 

CREEK...KERNERSVILLE AND WINSTON-SALEM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

RALEIGH.



LAT...LON 3626 8003 3601 8005 3599 8041 3625 8046



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