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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1110 AM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009



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GUILFORD NC-

1110 AM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR

GUILFORD COUNTY...



AT 1155 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN OVER GUILFORD COUNTY. ONE TO TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN REMAIN LIKELY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS 

GUILFORD COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... HIGH 

POINT... STOKESDALE... MCLEANSVILLE AND GREENSBORO



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS WEST GREENSBORO WILL CAUSE NORTH BUFFALO 

CREEK TO THREATEN NUMEROUS APARTMENTS IN THE ASHLEY CREEK AREA. 

LOCATIONS FROM MERRITT DRIVE TO HOLDEN ROAD...PINECROFT ROAD AND 

HIGHWAY 29 COULD ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. FURTHER DOWNSTREAM WATER 

WILL RISE IN AND AROUND LATHAM PARK THREATENING SEVERAL HOMES ALONG 

LATHAM ROAD. ROADS ALONG THE CREEK FROM WESTOVER TERRACE TO ELM 

STREET COULD ALSO BECOME THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. 



HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTH GREENSBORO WOULD CAUSE WATER TO RISE 

RAPIDLY ALONG BOTH SOUTH BUFFALO CREEK AND RYAN CREEK. FLOODING OF 

AREAS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE CREEKS CAN BE EXPECTED. PARKING 

LOTS OF SEVERAL BUSINESSES ALONG THE CREEKS COULD FLOOD.



HORSEPEN CREEK JUST NORTHWEST OF GREENSBORO WILL RISE RAPIDLY...  

THREATENING OLD BATTLEGROUND ROAD.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

RALEIGH.



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