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WGUS82 KRAH 100205
FLSRAH
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1005 PM EDT FRI APR 9 2021
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ALAMANCE NC-GUILFORD NC-
1005 PM EDT FRI APR 9 2021
...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL ALAMANCE AND CENTRAL GUILFORD
COUNTIES...
AT 1005 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN HAS EXITED THE
ADVISORY AREA. HOWEVER, URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS STILL
POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. GAUGES SHOW THE BUFFALO CREEK IN CENTRAL GUILFORD COUNTY HAS
EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT RISES BUT IS STILL BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREENSBORO, HIGH POINT, BURLINGTON, GRAHAM, MEBANE, MCLEANSVILLE,
ELON, SUMMERFIELD, GIBSONVILLE, HAW RIVER, SWEPSONVILLE, ALAMANCE,
LAKE GUILFORD MACKINTOSH MARINA, LAKE MACKINTOSH MARINA,
ALTAMAHAW, ALTAMAHAW-OSSIPEE, GLEN RAVEN, FOREST OAKS, LAKE
TOWNSEND AND LAKE JEANETTE MARINA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
LAT...LON 3600 7954 3600 7997 3617 7997 3621 7927
3599 7927
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