FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1022 PM EDT SAT AUG 17 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... DAVIDSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA FORSYTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA GUILFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 115 AM EDT * AT 1012 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLOODING OVER NORTHWESTERN GUILFORD... SOUTHEASTERN FORSYTH AND NORTHEASTERN DAVIDSON COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE HIGH POINT AND LEXINGTON. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO PERHAPS AS MUCH AS TWO INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS...WHICH WILL RESULT IN FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MANY ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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