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WGUS72 KRAH 310242

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1042 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008



NCC191-310500-

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

WAYNE NC-

1042 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008



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

CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY...



AT 1033 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO 

INCHES PER HOUR.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GOLDSBORO...NEARLY 

STATIONARY.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AND 

AROUND THE CITY OF GOLDSBORO. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS 

ROADS FLOODED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.



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 3535 7782 3520 7783 3528 7831 3531 7828

      3531 7824 3533 7822 3535 7816 3542 7815

      3547 7812 3543 7782 3540 7780 3536 7780



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