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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
218 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2025
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-076>078-089-151500-
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PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-
WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-SAMPSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF THOMASVILLE, SMITHFIELD, ASHEBORO,
GRAHAM, WAKE FOREST, ANGIER, LEXINGTON, MEBANE, SCOTLAND NECK,
ENFIELD, WINSTON-SALEM, KITTRELL, NASHVILLE, PRINCEVILLE,
CLINTON, DURHAM, SPRING HOPE, PITTSBORO, BUIES CREEK, ROXBORO,
ROUGEMONT, SILER CITY, DUNN, CARY, ARCHDALE, FRANKLINTON,
WARRENTON, GREENSBORO, CHAPEL HILL, CLAYTON, LILLINGTON, NORLINA,
TARBORO, LOUISBURG, ROANOKE RAPIDS, GOLDSBORO, HIGH POINT,
CREEDMOOR, CARRBORO, WILSON, SANFORD, ROCKY MOUNT, ERWIN,
HENDERSON, BURLINGTON, SELMA, HILLSBOROUGH, ROSEBORO, OXFORD,
APEX, KNIGHTDALE, AND RALEIGH
218 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, ALAMANCE, CHATHAM, DAVIDSON, DURHAM,
EDGECOMBE, FORSYTH, FRANKLIN, GRANVILLE, GUILFORD, HALIFAX,
HARNETT, JOHNSTON, LEE, NASH, ORANGE, PERSON, RANDOLPH, SAMPSON,
VANCE, WAKE, WARREN, WAYNE AND WILSON.
* WHEN...FROM 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING,
MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH AND EAST OF US-64 INCLUDING THE TRIAD,
TRIANGLE, ROCKY MOUNT, GOLDSBORO, AND ROANOKE RAPIDS. HEAVY
RAINFALL IN PREVIOUS DAYS HAS SATURATED THE SOILS OVER A GOOD
PORTION OF THE REGION. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING SHOULD PRODUCE AREAS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL. LOCALLY 1 TO 3+ INCHES MAY PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF
AND POTENTIALLY FLASH FLOODING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
BADGETT
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