Alert Carolina: Flash Flood Warning FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1133 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTHERN ALAMANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 330 PM EST * AT 1132 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. AS STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE AREA...ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CHAPEL HILL...HILLSBOROUGH...SILER CITY...CARRBORO... SWEPSONVILLE...SUTPHIN...ENO RIVER STATE PARK...SAXAPAHAW...EFLAND AND CANE CREEK RESERVOIR. 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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
