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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

715 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



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GUILFORD NC-

715 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR

NORTHERN GUILFORD COUNTY...



AT 706 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

REQUIRING NUMEROUS VEHICLE RESCUES IN THE CITY OF GREENSBORO ON 

HIGHWAY 29. THESE RESCUES WERE STILL IN PROGRESS. FLOODING WAS ALSO 

REPORTED ON WENDOVER AVENUE AND HUFFINE MILL ROAD.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

GREENSBORO...SUMMERFIELD...STOKESDALE...MONTICELLO AND LAKE TOWNSEND.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

GREENSBORO AND THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST GUILFORD COUNTY IN THE 

PAST 3 HOURS...PARTICULARLY OVER NORTH BUFFALO CREEK AND REEDY FORK. 



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN BUFFALO CREEK AND REEDY FORK. THIS 

WATER WILL REACH NORTHWEST ALAMANCE COUNTY AROUND 800 PM. FLOODING 

WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF ALTAMAHAW AND OSSIPPEE WHERE 

REEDY FORK REACHES THE HAW RIVER.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



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LAT...LON 3624 7955 3624 7953 3605 7954 3606 8004

      3625 8002



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