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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1109 PM EDT THU SEP 26 2024
NCZ007-021>025-038>042-073>077-083>086-088-089-271115-
/O.CON.KRAH.FA.A.0013.000000T0000Z-240927T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-
CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-
RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF RALEIGH, ALBEMARLE, HIGH POINT,
KNIGHTDALE, WAKE FOREST, THOMASVILLE, LEXINGTON, ROUGEMONT,
ELLERBE, PITTSBORO, HOPE MILLS, ROXBORO, GREENSBORO, DUNN,
POLKTON, CARY, FAYETTEVILLE, TROY, CARRBORO, ROSEBORO, SOUTHERN
PINES, CLAYTON, BUIES CREEK, CAMP MACKALL, ANGIER, WADESBORO,
LAURINBURG, CLINTON, DURHAM, ERWIN, SMITHFIELD, RAEFORD,
HILLSBOROUGH, SPRING LAKE, WINSTON-SALEM, ABERDEEN, SANFORD,
CHAPEL HILL, MEBANE, BURLINGTON, PINEHURST, GRAHAM, CARTHAGE,
ROCKINGHAM, SILER CITY, ASHEBORO, APEX, LILLINGTON, SELMA,
WAGRAM, AND ARCHDALE
1109 PM EDT THU SEP 26 2024
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING MOST OF THE
PIEDMONT, THE YADKIN VALLEY, THE SANDHILLS, THE SOUTHERN COASTAL
PLAIN ALONG WITH THE TRIAD AND TRIANGLE AREAS.
* WHEN...THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE
RUNNING HIGH AND COULD FLOOD WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- GIVEN RECENT WET CONDITIONS, THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND
STREAMFLOWS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE NORMAL. MUCH OF CENTRAL
NC IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING WITH SIGNIFICANT RAIN OR
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. AFTER SOMEWHAT OF A LULL OVERNIGHT,
THE HEAVIEST AND MOST WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL FALL ON FRIDAY
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE EXPECTED ON AVERAGE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
JD
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