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WGUS72 KRAH 271939

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

339 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



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ALAMANCE NC-

339 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR

ALAMANCE COUNTY...



AT 330 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALAMANCE COUNTIES. SEVERAL 

ROADS IN THE AREA OF HIGHWAY 62 HAVE BEEN CLOSED SOUTHWEST OF 

BURLINGTON DUE TO FLOODING. 



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES 

PER HOUR WILL MOVE ACROSS ALAMANCE COUNTY THROUGH 500 PM. EXCESSIVE 

RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS 

WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

MEBANE...GRAHAM...ELON COLLEGE AND BURLINGTON



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT WEDNESDAY

AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.



LAT...LON 3624 7926 3600 7926 3591 7927 3587 7925

      3584 7925 3584 7954 3614 7953 3624 7954

      3625 7953



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