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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

522 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



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

522 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 515 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MINOR 

FLOODING OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA. ROAD CLOSURES HAVE BEEN 

REPORTED IN CUMBERLAND AND WAKE COUNTIES. MOST LOCALES HAVE RECEIVED 

BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES.



CRABTREE CREEK IN RALEIGH WAS RISING RAPIDLY. LAW ENFORCEMENT 

REPORT THAT CRABTREE CREEK NEAR SIX FORKS ROAD AND WAKE FOREST ROAD 

WAS CLOSE TO LEAVING ITS BANK. MINOR FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR NEAR 

SIX FORKS AND WAKE FOREST AS WELL AS NEAR ATLANTIC AVENUE AND HODGES 

ROAD. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAKE

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

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

BENSON AND ANGIER



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 7 AM EDT..



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

RALEIGH.



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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