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WGUS72 KRAH 271642

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1242 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



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GUILFORD NC-

1242 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR

GUILFORD COUNTY...



AT 1230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAIN IN EASTERN GUILFORD COUNTY...WITH RAINFALL RATES 

AS HIGH AS THREE TO FOUR INCHES PER HOUR OVER THE WARNED AREA.  

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO DEVELOPING OVER 

SOUTHERN GUILFORD COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN 

IS POSSIBLE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MCLEANSVILLE

AND GREENSBORO



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT WEDNESDAY

AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.



LAT...LON 3624 7954 3589 7955 3589 7956 3589 7958

      3590 7964 3590 7965 3592 8003 3624 8002



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