...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
 INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...ALAMANCE...ANSON...CHATHAM...
 DAVIDSON...FORSYTH...GUILFORD...HOKE...LEE...MONTGOMERY...
 MOORE...RANDOLPH...RICHMOND...SCOTLAND AND STANLY.
* FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
* UP TO 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
  MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM NORTH INTO CENTRAL NORTH
  CAROLINA AS A LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPS OFF THE
  CAROLINA COAST. RAINFALL WILL BECOME HEAVY ACROSS THE AREA
  OVERNIGHT AND UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY
  MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AND
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT...POSSIBLY PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN URBAN
  AREAS AND ON SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS. FALLEN LEAVES AND OTHER
  DEBRIS WILL LIKELY CLOG STORM DRAINS AND SEWERS RESULTING IN
  ADDITIONAL FLOODING.
* HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS...AS IT WILL
  REDUCE VISIBILITY...AND POSSIBLY FLOOD DITCHES AND POOL IN LOW
  LYING AREAS ON THE ROAD. THE HIGHWAY 74 CORRIDOR...WHICH RUNS
  THROUGH WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...AND LAURINBURG...WILL BE
  PARTICULARLY PRONE TO FLOODING TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. SOME
  OTHER LOCATIONS PRONE TO FLOODING INCLUDE CREEKS IN AND AROUND
  ALBEMARLE...LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...HIGH POINT...WINSTON-
  SALEM AND GREENSBORO. LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND THE UWHARRIE FOREST
  ALSO ALSO VERY PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS
WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR DRIVE AROUND POLICE BARRICADES.
RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS. IF YOUR
VEHICLE STALL IN WATER...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER
GROUND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO
RECOGNIZE THE DANGEROUS OF FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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