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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

730 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2008



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MOORE NC-

730 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHERN MOORE COUNTY...



AT 730 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES OVER 

THE PAST HOUR... JUST TO THE WEST OF WHISPERING PINES... ALONG U.S. 

15 AND U.S. 501. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS FALLEN NEAR WADS CREEK 

AND THE LITTLE RIVER. AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAINFALL WILL BE 

POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE WHISPERING PINES... 

CARTHAGE...AND ESPECIALLY LOCATIONS BETWEEN THE TOWNS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

RALEIGH.



LAT...LON 3539 7935 3522 7920 3511 7955 3532 7967

TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 180DEG 0KT 3526 7944



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