North Carolina, Chantal and flash flood
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Recent flash flooding in Texas, New Mexico and North Carolina is highlighting the extreme danger of these natural disasters and the need to be prepared.
Scattered storms are becoming severe Wednesday. Heavy rain threats may cause life-threatening flash flooding in the eastern Triad on Wednesday.
Another round of heavy, slow-moving storms may lead to more flash flooding across the Carolinas Thursday afternoon & evening.
The NWS Raleigh NC issued a flood watch at 10:57 p.m. on Wednesday valid from 11 p.m. until Friday 5 a.m. in effect until Friday at 5 a.m. The watch is for Halifax, Franklin, Nash, Edgecombe, Wake, Johnston,
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Thursday afteroon rain and storms may cause more life-threatening flash flooding as we recover from Wednesday night floods.
Heavy rain fell overnight in Raleigh and Durham. There was ponding on roads, but the flooding was not comparable to Sunday night's storms, which caused water rescues and several deaths.
Flash flooding from Tropical Depression Chantal caused severe disruption in central North Carolina, prompting evacuations in Mebane and Chapel Hill.