912  
WGUS72 KRAH 130252  
FFSRAH  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC  
1052 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026  
 
NCC085-101-183-191-130500-  
/O.CON.KRAH.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-260713T0500Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
HARNETT NC-JOHNSTON NC-WAKE NC-WAYNE NC-  
1052 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT MONDAY FOR  
NORTHEASTERN HARNETT, SOUTHERN JOHNSTON, SOUTHWESTERN WAKE AND  
CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTIES...  
 
AT 1052 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT NUMEROUS ROADS IN  
DOWNTOWN SMITHFIELD HAVE 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER. ADDITIONALLY, WATER  
HAS ENTERED INTO RESIDENCES IN SMITHFIELD. BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF  
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE  
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.  
 
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
FLASH FLOODING.  
 
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.  
 
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,  
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.  
 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
GOLDSBORO, SMITHFIELD, LILLINGTON, DUNN, ANGIER, BENSON, ERWIN,  
COATS, FOUR OAKS, COATS CROSSROADS, BUIES CREEK, DUNCAN, RAVEN  
ROCK STATE PARK, SHEARON HARRIS RESERVOIR AND SEMINOLE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3556 7880 3562 7852 3562 7838 3547 7834  
3544 7801 3538 7790 3531 7866 3537 7883  
3546 7900 3548 7901 3558 7891 3560 7898  
3561 7897  
 
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED  
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
 

 
 
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