FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1231 PM EDT MON JUN 10 2013 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR TODAY AND THIS EVENING... .A TROPICAL-LIKE AIR MASS COUPLED WITH THE APPROACH OF A MID LEVEL TROUGH WILL CAUSE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME LOCATION FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS...PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON THE NEARLY SATURATED GROUND COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-110400- /O.CON.KRAH.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130611T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 1231 PM EDT MON JUN 10 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...ALAMANCE...ANSON...CHATHAM...CUMBERLAND...DAVIDSON... DURHAM...EDGECOMBE...FORSYTH...FRANKLIN...GRANVILLE... GUILFORD...HALIFAX...HARNETT...HOKE...JOHNSTON...LEE... MONTGOMERY...MOORE...NASH...ORANGE...PERSON...RANDOLPH... RICHMOND...SAMPSON...SCOTLAND...STANLY...VANCE...WAKE... WARREN...WAYNE AND WILSON. * UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT * NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN AN INCH AND TWO INCHES IN A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME SPAN WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. * GREATEST IMPACTS WILL LIKELY BE FELT IN URBAN AREAS WHERE THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL QUICKLY FLOW INTO CREEKS AND STREAMS... CAUSING A FEW TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. THIS MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...CAUSING ROAD CLOSURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR DRIVE AROUND POLICE BARRICADES. RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN HIGH WATER...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
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