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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

606 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007



NCC135-130030-

ORANGE NC-

606 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR

ORANGE COUNTY...



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

HILLSBOROUGH...CARRBORO AND CHAPEL HILL.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM. A STORM SPOTTER IN CHAPEL HILL MEASURED 1.4 

INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED 

AROUND CHAPEL HILL AND HILLSBOROUGH. MOTORISTS NEED TO AVOID AREAS 

KNOWN TO FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3623 7896 3607 7898 3586 7902 3586 7915

      3587 7924 3592 7926 3624 7926



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