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WGUS72 KRAH 310100

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

900 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008



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WAKE NC-

900 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR

WESTERN WAKE COUNTY...



AT 843 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD FALLEN FROM NEAR RDU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO MORRISVILLE TO 

CARY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ON 

MORRISVILLE-CARPENTER ROAD BETWEEN DAVIS DRIVE AND TOWN HALL 

DRIVE... AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS CLOSED THIS PORTION THE ROAD.  



THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE LARGELY MOVED SOUTH OF THE WARNED 

AREA... THOUGH ANOTHER QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE 

FROM CARY TO LAKE WHEELER THROUGH 930 PM. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 

ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARY TO 9 MILES 

SOUTHEAST OF CARY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST 

OF CARY TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF RALEIGH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 12 MPH.



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.



LAT...LON 3589 7863 3567 7873 3568 7897 3576 7894

      3577 7895 3580 7892 3582 7892 3586 7890

      3586 7883 3590 7882 3592 7875



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