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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

454 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008



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STANLY NC-

454 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR

STANLY COUNTY...



AT 451 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED FOR NOW ACROSS STNALY COUNTY. HOWEVER 

MORE SHOWERS AND STROMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE 

COUNTY BEFORE 6 PM. THUS THE WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

PLYLER...NORWOOD AND ALBEMARLE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. IN STANLY COUNTY THIS INCLUDES 

ROCKY MOUNT CHURCH ROAD AND ZION CHURCH ROAD. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A 

FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

RALEIGH.



LAT...LON 3549 8029 3549 8017 3547 8016 3546 8011

      3540 8007 3533 8007 3529 8010 3516 8007

      3519 8011 3517 8013 3518 8015 3517 8016

      3517 8023 3520 8025 3518 8031 3519 8048

TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 180DEG 0KT 3528 8018



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