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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

738 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008



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ANSON NC-

738 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR 

ANSON COUNTY...



AT 738 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER ANSON 

COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAD OCCURRED 

SINCE 6 PM OVER THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY...NORTHEAST OF 

WADESBORO AND EAST OF THE PEE DEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. ANOTHER 

INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY BETWEEN 745 PM AND 9 PM BEFORE THE RAIN 

GRADUALLY SUBSIDES DURING THE EVENING.



SOME SPECIFIC LOCATIONS THAT ARE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO FLODDING ARE 

GRASSY ISLAND ROAD...IN THE VICINITY OF BROWN CREEK...BETWEEN 

HIGHWAYS 52 AND 109. FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON HIGHWAY 52 WHERE 

IT CROSSES THE ROCKY RIVER AT THE STANLY COUNTY BORDER. 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.



LAT...LON 3516 8019 3515 8017 3517 8015 3517 8010

      3509 8004 3509 7993 3495 7988 3495 8019

      3516 8020



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