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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
259 AM EDT Mon Jun 16 2025

.A northwest to southeast front over central NC will provide a 
corridor of rounds of thunderstorms this very heavy rain. One round 
will occur in some areas this morning, while the additional rounds 
are expected this afternoon into tonight. Some areas have already 
seen 4+ inches of rain in 12 to 24 hours. Additional heavy rain will 
produce life threatening flash flooding.


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Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-
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Including the cities of Spring Hope, Raleigh, Knightdale,
Polkton, Wake Forest, Goldsboro, Rockingham, Norlina, Scotland
Neck, Mebane, Roxboro, Hillsborough, Wilson, Ellerbe, Raeford,
Asheboro, Pittsboro, Troy, Hope Mills, Dunn, Erwin, Lexington,
Kittrell, Warrenton, Roanoke Rapids, Albemarle, Oxford,
Louisburg, Tarboro, Siler City, Cary, Wadesboro, Carrboro, Camp
Mackall, Fayetteville, Spring Lake, Creedmoor, Durham, Buies
Creek, High Point, Aberdeen, Franklinton, Winston-Salem,
Nashville, Greensboro, Rougemont, Thomasville, Graham, Clinton,
Clayton, Southern Pines, Burlington, Sanford, Princeville,
Pinehurst, Chapel Hill, Carthage, Lillington, Selma, Archdale,
Angier, Roseboro, Enfield, Wagram, Laurinburg, Apex, Rocky Mount,
Smithfield, and Henderson
259 AM EDT Mon Jun 16 2025

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...A portion of 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.

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, 
  creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - Training and repeating thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall
    will occur today and tonight. Some areas have had 4+ inches
    of rainfall already. Additional corridors of 2 to 5 inches of
    rain may fall today. If training occurs over the same areas
    that have already had heavy rain or in urban areas, life
    threatening flash flooding can quickly result. The main
    timing will be through 700 AM this morning, then again
    between 200 PM and 200 AM this afternoon into tonight.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood 
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared 
to take action should flooding develop.

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PWB