...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN WAKE COUNTY... AT 805 PM EDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE EXITING THE RALEIGH AREA. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IN THE VICINITY OF GLENWOOD AVENUE AND CREEDMOOR ROAD. ALSO CRABTREE CREEK AT OLD WAKE FOREST ROAD HAS REACHED FLOOD STAGE AND WAS STILL CLIMBING. OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTH RALEIGH SINCE 6 PM...MOST OF THAT FALLING BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...BRIER CREEK...CRABTREE CREEK...WALNUT CREEK...PERRY CREEK...AND ROCKY BRANCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER CAN CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUP TRUCKS. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU MUST DO SO TO ESCAPE THE FLOODING OR ARE UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING AREA...ALONG A CREEK OR STREAM...OR IN AN AREA EXPERIENCING FLOODING...TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. && LAT...LON 3598 7844 3594 7839 3593 7835 3591 7835 3588 7829 3583 7826 3581 7826 3573 7841 3578 7887 3587 7886 3587 7882 3593 7881 3592 7876 3598 7871 3601 7870 3603 7875 3608 7874 3607 7868 #ncwx
Posted on: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 00:15:44 +0000
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