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Flood Watch
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
427 AM EDT Wed Oct 10 2018

...Heavy rain will overspread central NC from the southwest
Thursday morning and continue into Thursday evening...

.Hurricane Michael is expected to move across the Carolinas as a 
tropical storm on Thursday and Thursday night with very heavy 
rain. 

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Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-Davidson-Randolph-Chatham-
Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-
Anson-Richmond-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson-
Including the cities of Bushy Fork, Concord, Roxboro, Surl, 
Oxford, Butner, Creedmoor, Dabney, Henderson, Norlina, Wise, 
Afton, Warrenton, Lake Gaston, Roanoke Rapids, Pfafftown, 
Stanleyville, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Lake Townsend, 
High Point, Burlington, Graham, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Bethesda, 
Durham, Research Triangle, Pilot, Ingleside, Louisburg, 
Franklinton, Nashville, Aventon, Red Oak, Sharpsburg, 
Spring Hope, Rocky Mount, Lexington, Thomasville, Asheboro, Ulah,
Archdale, Trinity, Hasty, Siler City, Bynum, Moncure, Pittsboro, 
Raleigh, Cary, Smithfield, Clayton, Flowers, Selma, Benson, 
Coats Crossroads, New Hope, Wilson, Albemarle, Plyler, Troy, 
Biscoe, Mount Gilead, Pekin, Badin Lake, Eldorado, 
Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Eagle Springs, Seven Lakes, 
Cumnock, Gum Springs, Sanford, Tramway, Dunn, Anderson Creek, 
Timberlake, Duncan, Erwin, Angier, Lillington, Goldsboro, 
Wadesboro, Polkton, Rockingham, Hamlet, East Rockingham, 
Laurel Hill, Laurinburg, Antioch, Ashley Heights, Raeford, 
Rockfish, Silver City, Fayetteville, Fort Bragg, and Clinton
427 AM EDT Wed Oct 10 2018

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

The Flash Flood Watch continues for

* Flash Flood Watch for central North Carolina, including the
  following counties, Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, 
  Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Granville, 
  Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee, Montgomery, 
  Moore, Nash, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Sampson, 
  Scotland, Stanly, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wayne, and Wilson. 

* From Thursday morning through late Thursday night

* Heavy rain will move into central North Carolina from the
  southwest early Thursday morning and spread northeast across all
  of central NC by early afternoon. The heaviest rain is expected
  to fall late Thursday morning into Thursday evening. Storm total
  rainfall amounts of 3 to 7 inches are expected with the 
  heaviest rain expected to fall across the northern and western 
  Piedmont. Rain may fall at rates in excess of an inch per hour.
 
* These rainfall amounts and intensities may produce flash
  flooding, particularly in low lying and poor drainage areas and
  near creeks, streams, and ditches. Street flooding is possible
  in some areas as well.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A flash flood watch means that conditions may develop that lead
to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.
Monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should
flash flood warnings be issued.

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