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WGUS72 KRAH 090450

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1246 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2008



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ANSON NC-MONTGOMERY NC-RICHMOND NC-

1246 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR

WESTERN RICHMOND...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY AND EASTERN ANSON COUNTIES...



AT 1241 AM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING  WAS REPORTED OVER THE

WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCKINGHAM

AND HAMLET



HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN AND CONTINUE TO FALL EAST OF WADESBORO... 

ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 74. RADAR ESTIMATES FIVE INCHES OF RAIN 

OR MORE HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS IN SOME LOCATIONS. 



CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE LIKELY OUT OF THEIR BANKS... AND SOME RURAL 

BRIDGES COULD BE AFFECTED. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS SHOULD BE ALERT 

TO THIS CONTINUED THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.



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 3524 7969 3486 7965 3485 8001 3525 8007



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