...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
 INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CUMBERLAND...DURHAM...
 EDGECOMBE...FRANKLIN...GRANVILLE...HALIFAX...HARNETT...
 JOHNSTON...NASH...ORANGE...PERSON...SAMPSON...VANCE...WAKE...
 WARREN...WAYNE AND WILSON.
* FROM 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
* UP TO 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
  MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM NORTH INTO CENTRAL NORTH
  CAROLINA AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPS ALONG THE CAROLINA
  COAST. RAINFALL WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS
  THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN
  IS POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL
  CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...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 LONG DURATION OF THE RAIN MAY
  PRODUCE FLOODING ALONG FLOOD PRONE CREEKS AND STREAMS ESPECIALLY
  IN URBANE AREAS ALL ACROSS THE PIEDMONT...SANDHILLS AND COASTAL
  PLAIN.
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.
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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