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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1052 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



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CHATHAM NC-WAKE NC-DURHAM NC-ORANGE NC-

1052 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR

ORANGE...DURHAM...NORTHWESTERN WAKE AND NORTHEASTERN CHATHAM

COUNTIES...



AT 1050 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

DURHAM... NORTHWEST WAKE... AND ORANGE COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN 

WAS FALLING OVER DURHAM... RTP... GORMAN... AND FALLS LAKE WHERE 

RAINFALL RATES WERE IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. RADAR INDICATED 

THREE HOURLY RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES IN DURHAM COUNTY. 

THESE RATES SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE BETWEEN 1130 PM AND 1230 AM. 

HOWEVER... THE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE 

RAIN ENDS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DURHAM... 

FALLS LAKE... RTP... GORMAN. 



THIS IS A SERIOUS FLOODING SITUATION... ESPECIALLY IN DURHAM WHERE 

THERE WAS A REPORT OF A DAM BREAK AT A POND NEAR TRACEY TRAIL 

ROAD... JUST NORTH OF DURHAM... OFF US HWY 501. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE 

FLOODING IN THE EDEN LAKE SUBDIVISION. THERE WAS ALSO REPORTS OF 

NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3621 7883 3617 7881 3610 7881 3606 7879

      3607 7869 3600 7851 3595 7849 3579 7868

      3569 7892 3570 7930 3584 7928 3584 7924

      3591 7927 3623 7926



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