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WGUS72 KRAH 060802

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

402 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



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CUMBERLAND NC-SAMPSON NC-HARNETT NC-JOHNSTON NC-WAKE NC-

402 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM EDT FOR

WAKE...JOHNSTON...HARNETT...SAMPSON AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...



AT 400 AM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A NEARLY 

STATIONARY BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING ACROSS 

WESTERN WAKE AND WESTERN HARNETT COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL BANDS WERE 

FEEDING NORTHWEST INTO THIS BAND ACROSS HARNETT... WAKE... 

JOHNSTON... AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES. 



THE PERSISTENT BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SLOWLY MOVE BACK EASTWARD 

ACROSS WAKE AND HARNETT COUNTIES... WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 2 AND 5 

INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE RAIN BEGINS TO TAPER OFF LATER THIS 

MORNING. FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH SEVERAL ROAD 

CLOSURES. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAKE 

FOREST... SMITHFIELD... RDU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... RALEIGH... 

LILLINGTON... GARNER... FUQUAY-VARINA... CLAYTON... CARY... BENSON 

AND ANGIER.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3485 7849 3483 7887 3486 7893 3496 7904

      3519 7909 3529 7919 3557 7893 3560 7900

      3583 7892 3593 7874 3606 7869 3597 7843

      3564 7814 3550 7810 3538 7815 3528 7831

      3520 7819 3505 7816 3470 7815 3455 7825



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