Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Raleigh, NC

617 
WGUS72 KRAH 121714
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
114 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011

NCC101-191-121900-
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110812T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JOHNSTON NC-WAYNE NC-
114 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE AND SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES...

AT 107 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF 
SOUTHWEST WAYNE AND SOUTHEAST JOHNSTON COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR 
ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY HAD FALLEN IN A 
SMALL AREA ALONG THE WAYNE AND JOHNSTON COUNTY BORDER...NORTH OF 
HIGHWAY 13. THIS AREA WAS ALSO ABOUT FIVE MILES WEST OF MAR-MAC.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN...
MAINTAINING THE CONCERN FOR FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2 OR NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3518 7806 3525 7827 3529 7831 3527 7835
      3526 7843 3540 7844 3538 7798

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076 
WGUS72 KRAH 121803
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
203 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011

NCC101-191-121810-
/O.CAN.KRAH.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110812T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JOHNSTON NC-WAYNE NC-
203 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE
AND SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES...

AT 200 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAD 
DIMINISHED OVER SOUTHWEST WAYNE AND SOUTHEAST JOHNSTON COUNTIES. LAW 
ENFORCEMENT FROM BOTH WAYNE AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES REPORTED NO 
PROBLEMS FROM STANDING WATER. EARLIER...WITH THUNDERSTORMS...THERE 
WAS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS IN MOUNT OLIVE...BUT NO FLASH FLOOD 
THREAT. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

STILL...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AROUND 
SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY FELL IN A SMALL AREA NEAR THE WAYNE AND 
JOHNSTON COUNTY BORDER...NORTH OF HIGHWAY 13 AND WEST OF MAR-MAC. 
WHEN TRAVELLING THIS AFTERNOON IN THE AREA...USE CAUTION. BE SURE TO 
AVOID ANY AREA WHERE WATER COVERS A ROADWAY. SMALL STREAMS AND 
CREEKS MAY BE SWOLLEN...AND ALSO BE SURE TO STAY AWAY FROM ANY WATER 
RUNNING HIGH AND FLOWING FAST.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3518 7806 3525 7827 3529 7831 3527 7835
      3526 7843 3540 7844 3538 7798

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