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000 

WGUS72 KRAH 150203

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1002 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007



NCC101-150315-

JOHNSTON NC-

1002 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR

JOHNSTON COUNTY...



AT 10 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING 

AND TRAINING OVER OVER JOHNSTON COUNTY. THROUGH 11 PM THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN WILL FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 95 IMPACTING 

SMITHFIELD...BENSON...AND PINE LEVEL. LOCATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 

710...INTERSTATE 40, INTERSTATE 95 AS WELL AS ALONG HIGHWAY 70 

ALL EAST AND SOUTH OF SMITHFIELD WILL EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAIN. 

RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE 

STORMS. BETWEEN 1 TO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THESE 

AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

SMITHFIELD WHERE SOME ROAD FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED. 



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.



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 3578 7828 3553 7809 3538 7833 3535 7854

      3552 7868 3567 7849

TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 180DEG 0KT 3554 7840



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JO

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000 

WGUS72 KRAH 150203

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1002 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007



NCC101-150315-

JOHNSTON NC-

1002 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR

JOHNSTON COUNTY...



AT 10 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING 

AND TRAINING OVER OVER JOHNSTON COUNTY. THROUGH 11 PM THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN WILL FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 95 IMPACTING 

SMITHFIELD...BENSON...AND PINE LEVEL. LOCATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 

710...INTERSTATE 40, INTERSTATE 95 AS WELL AS ALONG HIGHWAY 70 

ALL EAST AND SOUTH OF SMITHFIELD WILL EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAIN. 

RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE 

STORMS. BETWEEN 1 TO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THESE 

AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

SMITHFIELD WHERE SOME ROAD FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED. 



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.



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 3578 7828 3553 7809 3538 7833 3535 7854

      3552 7868 3567 7849

TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 180DEG 0KT 3554 7840



$$



JO

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