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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1221 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008



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DAVIDSON NC-GUILFORD NC-FORSYTH NC-

1221 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR

FORSYTH...WESTERN GUILFORD AND NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTIES...



AT 1220 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

AS A RESULT OF HEAVY RAIN FROM THE SEVERE STORMS. FLOODING WAS 

OCCURRING NEAR PARKER HIGH SCHOOL. ALSO HIGH WATER WAS HAMPERING 

TRAVEL ON CLEMMONS LEWISVILLE ROAD. CREEKS LIKELY NEAR OR IN FLOOD 

INCLUDE SALEM CREEK...MUDDY CREEK...BELEWS CREEK...FIDDLERS

CREEK...SMITH CREEK...HORSEPEN CREEK AND REEDY FORK.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINSTON-SALEM

AND KERNERSVILLE



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3620 8044 3624 7988 3591 7980 3592 7993

      3592 8037

TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 180DEG 0KT 3604 8008



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