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WGUS72 KRAH 022229

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

625 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008



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ANSON NC-

625 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR

CENTRAL ANSON COUNTY...



AT 621 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

CENTRAL ANSON COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BACK BUILD TO THE 

WEST OF WADESBORO AND THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD. TWO 

TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS LIKELY FALLEN ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 

74 AND CLOSE TO HIGHWAY 52. FLOODING IS BECOMING INCREASING LIKELY 

NEAR WADESBORO...ESPECIALLY IN THE LOW LYING WADE MILLS AREA IN 

EASTERN WADESBORO JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 74.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



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 800 PM EDT

SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.



LAT...LON 3510 8019 3510 8005 3509 8003 3509 8001

      3509 8000 3511 7996 3511 7991 3491 7988

      3492 8019



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