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WGUS72 KRAH 271215

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

815 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



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GUILFORD NC-

815 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM EDT FOR

GUILFORD COUNTY...



AT 806 AM EDT...GAUGES ALONG THE BUFFALO CREEK IN GREENSBORO SHOWED 

MINOR FLOODING. FOR EXAMPLE...THE SOUTH BUFFALO CREEK NEAR POMONA 

SHOWED A STAGE APPROACHING 12 FEET. LOCAL FLOOD STAGE IS 10 FEET.  

IN ADDITION...NORTH BUFFALO CREEK AT WESTOVER TERRACE SHOWED A STAGE 

OF 10.3 FEET...AND LOCAL FLOOD STAGE WAS 10 FEET.



AN ADDITIONAL HALF-INCH TO INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY IN GUILFORD COUNTY 

BETWEEN 8 AM AND 9 AM.  AS A RESULT...CREEKS COULD RUN A LITTLE 

HIGHER BEFORE STARTING TO RECEDE AS RAIN BECOMES MORE SCATTERED 

AFTER 9 AM.  



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.



LAT...LON 3624 7954 3589 7955 3591 8003 3624 8002

      3624 7955



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