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No major damage from heavy rains
Journal photo by Bruce Chapman
Members of NCDOT Division 9 help fill in this sinkhole near the intersection of Rt.66 and Ridgecrest Dr. in King, N.C., Friday June 05, 2009. NCDOT workers estimated the original sinkhole as being 5 feet in diameter in the center of Rt. 66.
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Published: June 5, 2009
Updated: 06/05/2009 06:28 pm
The National Weather Service has cancelled flood warnings for Davidson and Forsyth counties.
The weather service warned this morning that rising creek waters could lead to flooding, but said that no significant problems had been reported.
At one point, about 900 Duke Power customers were without power in parts of Winston-Salem, but power had mostly been restored by 6:30 p.m.
Rain should taper off this afternoon, but runoff could still lead to some flooding after the rain ends today, a meteorologist with the weather service said this morning.
N.C. Department of Transportation crews were working to repair a sinkhole that developed on N.C. 66 near Ridgecrest Drive in King. The sinkhole was reported about 4 a.m., fire officials said.
The rain forced some cancellations, including Forsyth Medical Center's Employee Appreciation Picnic at Tanglewood Park Saturday. More than 10,000 employees were invited to the picnic. Event planners said that soggy conditions at the park prevented the set up and inspection of entertainment and ride areas.
There have been no reports of flooding overnight in Northwest North Carolina, said Anita Silverman of the weather service's office in Blacksburg, Va.
Parts of Forsyth County got an estimated inch-and-a-half of rain overnight, Silverman said.
The weather service issued flood warnings for several central and Northwest North Carolina counties, and though they have been allowed to expire, the weather service cautioned that some rivers and creeks would continue to run high for several hours after the rain stopped.
Heavy rain moved up the Yadkin Valley this morning, the weather service said, with one to two inches expected to fall in Davidson County.
There was standing water on parts of N.C. 8 in Davidson County leading into Lexington just before noon. The water led to surges of High Rock Lake tributaries such as Abbott's Creek.
In Charlotte, the rain led to flooding in some streets. A rescue crew was called to the 5000 block of Airport Center Parkway, where a motorist in a white Honda reported being trapped by high water.
Silverman said floods could come from this morning's rains, which could add another inch to inch-and-a-half of precipitation. Flooding of larger streams and rivers could come after the rains end as tributaries swell the larger bodies of water.
The rain is expected to clear out by the afternoon, she said.
"Once this dries out later today, we've got a high pressure moving in," she said. "Saturday is going to be dry all day."
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