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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

221 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008



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DAVIDSON NC-GUILFORD NC-FORSYTH NC-

221 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 230 AM EDT FOR FORSYTH...

WESTERN GUILFORD AND NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTIES...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS 

MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. FORSYTH COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

REPORTS THAT WATER LEVELS ARE NO LONGER RISING... BUT THERE ARE 

STILL NUMEROUS AREAS WHERE STANDING WATER STILL EXISTS. WHILE THE 

THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS DECREASED... RESIDUAL FLOODING WILL 

REMAIN A PROBLEM FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS UNTIL WATER LEVELS BEGIN TO 

RECEDE. IN ADDITION... LOCAL RIVER GAGES INDICATE THAT SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE STILL RISING AND SOME OF THEM MAY RISE CLOSE 

TO THEIR BANKS. THIS COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING CONCERNS NEAR THESE 

AREAS AND ANY ADJACENT LOW LYING LOCATIONS.



REMEMBER...IF YOU APPROACH AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD...DO 

NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS IT. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



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

      3592 8037

TIME...MOT...LOC 0621Z 180DEG 0KT 3604 8008



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