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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1037 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008



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CUMBERLAND NC-

1037 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008



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

CUMBERLAND COUNTY...



AT 1030 PM EDT...CROSS CREEK IN FAYETTEVILLE WAS REPORTED IN 

FLOOD...WITH ONE TO TWO FEET OF WATER OVER RAY AVENUE. THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING EAST ACROSS HOPE MILLS AND 

SOUTH FAYETTEVILLE THROUGH 1100 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RANGING UP 

TO ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME MINOR 

ADDITIONAL RISES ON CROSS CREEK AND ON OTHER SMALLER STREAMS IN 

THESE AREAS.



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOPE 

MILLS...POPE AFB...GODWIN...FORT BRAGG AND FAYETTEVILLE



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.



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

      3505 7867 3498 7863 3495 7860 3485 7853

      3484 7890



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