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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

749 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008



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GUILFORD NC-

749 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR

GUILFORD COUNTY...



AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE GREENSBORO 

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

SUMMERFIELD...STOKESDALE...MONTICELLO...LAKE TOWNSEND AND COLFAX.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 930 PM.



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.



NORTH BUFFALO CREEK AT WESTOVER TERRACE WAS CLOSE OVERFLOWING ITS 

BANKS. OTHER CREEKS IN THE AREA INCLUDING MUDDY CREEK WILL LIKELY 

COME CLOSE TO LEAVING THEIR BANKS.



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 3624 7955 3624 7953 3616 7953 3614 7954

      3612 7953 3591 7956 3592 8004 3624 8001

TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 180DEG 0KT 3612 7966



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