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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

932 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2008



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DURHAM NC-ORANGE NC-

932 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE AND DURHAM COUNTIES...



AT 929 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVY RAIN WERE SLOWLY DIMINISHING. HOWEVER 

RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGEST BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS LIKELY 

FALLEN SINCE 845 PM FROM CHAPEL HILL TO DURHAM. ANOTHER HALF INCH 

OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH 10 PM..



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

GORMAN...DURHAM...CHAPEL HILL AND CARRBORO.



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. CREEKS IN 

DURHAM THAT WILL LIKELY SEE SIGNIFICANT RISE IN WATER LEVELS INCLUDE 

THIRD FORK CREEK...LITTLE LICK CREEK...SANDY CREEK...ELLERBE CREEK 

AND NORTHEAST CREEK.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

RALEIGH.



LAT...LON 3610 7881 3607 7880 3606 7879 3606 7875

      3601 7875 3603 7872 3600 7870 3599 7871

      3586 7889 3587 7922 3612 7896 3614 7881

TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 180DEG 0KT 3603 7883



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