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WGUS72 KRAH 150614

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

212 AM EDT SAT SEP 15 2007



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JOHNSTON NC-

212 AM EDT SAT SEP 15 2007



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JOHNSTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 215 AM

EDT...



AT 210 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN RESPONSIBLE 

FOR FLOODING ACROSS JOHNSTON COUNTY HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. LAW 

ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES REPORT THAT THE FLOODING ACROSS SMITHFIELD AND 

BENSON HAD DIMINISHED AND THAT FLOOD WATERS WERE RECEDING. 



PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW 

HOURS BEFORE ALL OF THE RAIN ENDS BY DAYBREAK. THIS WILL ALLOW 

SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS TO CONTINUE TO RECEDE AND ALLOW 

OVERWHELMED STORM DRAINS TO DRAIN FLOOD WATER. VERY LOCALIZED AREAS 

OF FLOODING MAY PERSIST FOR A SHORT PERIOD ACROSS FLOOD PRONE AREA. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.





LAT...LON 3551 7870 3556 7867 3569 7848 3582 7826

      3574 7823 3572 7816 3560 7813 3558 7810

      3547 7812 3542 7816 3538 7814 3535 7816

      3531 7829 3527 7834 3527 7846

TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 180DEG 0KT 3551 7829



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