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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1055 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007



NCC101-150315-

JOHNSTON NC-

1055 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007



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

JOHNSTON COUNTY...



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

SMITHFIELD... BENSON... AND CLAYTON. 



JOHNSTON COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT MAJOR FLOODING PROBLEMS AROUND THE 

COUNTY. A SECTION OF INTERSTATE 95 NEAR EXIT 79 WAS CLOSED EARLIER 

DUE TO HIGH WATER... AND CARS WERE SUBMERGED IN FLOOD WATERS IN 

DOWNTOWN BENSON. ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS SUBMERGED IN FLOOD WATERS IN 

SMITHFIELD ON MARKET STREET. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 4 TO 6 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE COUNTY SO FAR TODAY. 



AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL PASS OVER JOHNSTON COUNTY 

THROUGH 1115 PM. ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A FEW TENTHS 

OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT 

THAT THE WATER HAS NOT YET RECEDED. 



MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVELING ACROSS THE 

COUNTY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FLOOD WATERS ARE VERY DIFFICULT 

TO SEE AT NIGHT. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3578 7828 3553 7809 3538 7833 3535 7854

      3552 7868 3567 7849

TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 180DEG 0KT 3554 7840



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