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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR
FLOODING IN...
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 230 AM EDT
* AT 107 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL RICHMOND COUNTY.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER
NORTHERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN THE LAST 45 MINUTES. ROCKINGHAM CAN
EXPECT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH THESE STORMS BY 200 AM.
* 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...ROCKINGHAM AND HAMLET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
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LAT...LON 3488 7988 3490 7985 3495 7987 3502 7987
3503 7962 3482 7963 3482 7988
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Tonight: Partly cloudy and mild, isolated storm threat, low 72.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny and hot, but with slightly lower humidity cooling thunderstorms will be hard to come by, high 95.
Weekend: Partly sunny, hot and humid, chance for a thunderstorm each afternoon, especially Saturday, highs both days near 90.
Forecast by Meteorologist Jim Lytle
Mostly sunny, hot, but little chance for much rain
Partly sunny, hot and humid, scattered afternoon thunderstorms possible
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