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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

937 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008



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CUMBERLAND NC-

937 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR

CUMBERLAND COUNTY...



AT 935 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY AROUND 

FAYETTEVILLE. TWO HOMES WERE BEGINNING TO TAKE ON WATER OVER THE 

SOUTHWEST SIDE OF FAYETTEVILLE NEAR HOPE MILLS ROAD.  IN ADDITION... 

U.S. 301 NEAR THE SOUTHERN CITY LIMITS OF FAYETTEVILLE HAD 2 FEET OF 

STANDING WATER ON IT.  DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM...BETWEEN 8 PM 

AND 9 PM...A SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED 2.38 INCHES OF RAIN NEAR 

FAYETTEVILLE IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POPE 

AFB...GODWIN...FORT BRAGG AND FAYETTEVILLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN 

WATER BEGINS RISING. ALSO...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.



LAT...LON 3489 7894 3500 7906 3519 7908 3524 7864

      3505 7867 3498 7863 3495 7860 3485 7853

      3484 7890



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