May 5, 2009

Tornado Warning ends!


Tornado warning ends; flash floods loom
In the News.. as we were on our way to Buffalo Wild Wings for Wild Wing Tuesday ... this iswhat was Happening.. we had a Ice and Rain storm....Yes! that bruce in the picture oh... did I mention bruce was in town.. well :-( leaving Wednesday morning.....By Sweetie....

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8:45 P.M. EDT FOR CENTRAL WAKE COUNTY.
AT 8 P.M. EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST OF THE RALEIGH AREA. HOWEVER SOME FLOODING IN RALEIGH CONTINUED.
MOST OF THE FLOODING REPORTS WERE FROM CAPITOL BOULEVARD AND ATLANTIC AVENUE IN NORTHEAST RALEIGH AND IN WEST RALEIGH ON GLENWOOD AVENUE AND ST. MARY'S STREETS.


THERE WERE REPORTS OF 1 TO 3 FEET OF FLOWING WATER ACROSS SOME INTERSECTIONS, INCLUDING ATLANTIC AT HIGHWOODS AND OLD BUFFALOE ROAD AT CAPITOL BOULEVARD.
THE FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY 8:45 P.M. THIS EVENING.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO STAY AWAY FROM FLOWING WATER.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RALEIGH.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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