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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

852 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007



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GUILFORD NC-

852 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR

CENTRAL GUILFORD COUNTY...



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AS MUCH AS FOUR INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE GREENSBORO AREA IN THE LAST TWO 

HOURS. A TRAIN SPOTTER ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF GREENSBORO REPORTED 

3.74 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST HOUR AND A HALF. NUMEROUS 

REPORTS OF FLOODING ACROSS THE GREENSBORO AREA HAVE BEEN REPORT THIS 

EVENING.



MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA ARE LIKELY OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 

ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS LET UP FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA... ESPECIALLY ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

RALEIGH.



LAT...LON 3610 7987 3599 7994 3597 7979 3609 7975



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