UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1004 PM EST SUN DEC 24 2006
...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS OF
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA FROM 6 AM THROUGH 4 PM ON CHRISTMAS DAY...
.AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE AREA LIFTING NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO
WILL CAUSE RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ON
CHRISTMAS DAY.
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FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-
WAKE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-
HOKE-CUMBERLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO...
HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LEXINGTON...
ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...ALBEMARLE...TROY...
SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM...
LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE
1004 PM EST SUN DEC 24 2006
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EST MONDAY THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...ALAMANCE...ANSON...CHATHAM...CUMBERLAND...DAVIDSON...
DURHAM...FORSYTH...GUILFORD...HARNETT...HOKE...LEE...
MONTGOMERY...MOORE...ORANGE...RANDOLPH...RICHMOND...SCOTLAND...
STANLY AND WAKE.
* FROM 6 AM EST IN THE MORNING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY AFTERNOON
* AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE AREA LIFTING NORTH FROM THE GULF OF
MEXICO WILL CAUSE RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVER CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
POSSIBLE. IF THESE AMOUNTS OCCUR IN A 2 TO 4 HOUR PERIOD...
CREEKS ARE APT TO RISE TO BANK FULL OR ABOVE.
RAIN WILL DEVELOP BEFORE SUNRISE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER...WHICH
INCLUDES WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM... LAURINBURG...RAEFORD AND
FAYETTEVILLE. HEAVIEST RAIN IN THESE AREAS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN
SUNRISE AND MID DAY. AREAS IF STEADY RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTH TO THE
TRIAD AND TRIANGLE AREAS BEFORE 8 AM...WITH HEAVIEST RAIN
OCCURRING BETWEEN 10 AM AND 3 PM.
LOCATIONS MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING INCLUDE URBAN AND LOW
LYING AREAS ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS. CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
RESIDENTS OR PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE WATCH AREA SHOULD
KEEP INFORMED OF LATEST FORECASTS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS.
$$
RFG
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