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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

819 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2008



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SCOTLAND NC-

819 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR

SCOTLAND COUNTY...



AT 814 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR.  

THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF LAURINBURG...OR 8 MILES 

WEST OF RED SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE LIKELY IN 

THESE AREAS BEFORE THE HEAVIEST RAIN TAPERS OF AROUND 845 PM. 



MAXTON LAURINBURG AIRPORT RECORDED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 7 

AND 8 PM... AND OVER FOUR AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN SINCE THE RAIN 

BEGAN AROUND 630 PM. IN ADDITION... DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION 

ESTIMATES INDICATE TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST TO 

THE NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 74... ALONG HIGHLAND ROAD. THIS INCLUDES THE 

TOWN OF SNEADS GROVE.



LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS ALREADY REPORTED FLOODING ON OLD WIRE ROAD 

BETWEEN SNEADS GROVE AND LAUREL HILL... AND ON MARSTON ROAD NEAR 

MCFARLAND ROAD.   



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF 

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

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 3482 7967 3482 7961 3485 7962 3490 7957

      3498 7957 3498 7943 3492 7935 3485 7934

      3481 7934 3479 7932 3477 7932 3468 7941



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