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WGUS72 KRAH 120328

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1123 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008



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FORSYTH NC-

1123 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR

CENTRAL FORSYTH COUNTY...



AT 1120 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL FORSYTH COUNTY. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED 

IN NORTHWEST WINSTON-SALEM AND BETWEEN PFAFFTOWN AND STANLEYVILLE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTHERN 

WINSTON-SALEM...PFAFFTOWN...AND STANLEYVILLE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



UP TO THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN CAN CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING OF 

LOW LYING AREAS IN AND AROUND WINSTON SALEM. ROADS AND RESIDENCES 

ALONG MILL CREEK...MONARCAS CREEK...AND MUDDY CREEK WILL LIKELY 

EXPERIENCE FLOODING ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF WINSTON-SALEM. GRASSY 

CREEK IN NORTHWEST WINSTON-SALEM WILL ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW 

LYING AREAS. 



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.



LAT...LON 3623 8020 3610 8024 3610 8039 3622 8038

TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 180DEG 0KT 3616 8030



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