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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1024 PM EDT SUN APR 27 2008



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WAKE NC-

1024 PM EDT SUN APR 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR

CENTRAL WAKE COUNTY...



AT 1026 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY 

RAINFALL NORTH AND EAST OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. THE RAIN INTENSITY HAS 

DIMINISHED OVER THE REMAINDER OF WAKE COUNTY SINCE 10 PM. 



AT 1015 PM...CRABTREE CREEK AT OLD WAKE FOREST ROAD WAS AT 10.9 FEET 

AND RISING.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

RALEIGH.



LAT...LON 3576 7890 3592 7875 3593 7874 3592 7851

      3579 7836 3563 7857

TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 180DEG 0KT 3586 7850



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