Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Raleigh/Durham, NC

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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
354 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

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DURHAM NC-WAKE NC-
354 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR
  FLOODING IN...
  DURHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHERN WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN WAKE AND DURHAM COUNTIES.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT A HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN OVER RALEIGH AND DURHAM IN THE LAST HOUR.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
  OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS...IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND
  AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR
  FLOODING INCLUDE...CARY...DURHAM...RALEIGH...RDU INTERNATIONAL AND
  WAKE FOREST.


AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE AS ANOTHER OF HEAVY
RAIN MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST...RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL
FLOODING. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON CAPITAL BOULEVARD...INTERSTATE
540...AND HIGHWAY 401 ARE ENCOURAGED TO DRIVER BELOW THE POST SPEED
LIMIT AND BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3616 7880 3609 7881 3607 7879 3608 7868
      3598 7844 3594 7839 3593 7835 3591 7835
      3587 7828 3582 7826 3570 7848 3574 7871
      3583 7891 3587 7891 3587 7900 3621 7895
      3622 7895

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