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WGUS72 KRAH 022317

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

714 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008



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ANSON NC-

714 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008



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

CENTRAL ANSON COUNTY...



AT 712 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OCCURRING IN CENTRAL ANSON COUNTY. AT 707 PM...ANSON COUNTY 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 74 IN WADESBORO IS 

FLOODED AND CLOSED. THIS FLOODING IS THE RESULT OF SLOW MOVING 

THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAS PRODUCED AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES OF RAIN. 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 

TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. WITH THIS 

RAINFALL...FURTHER FLASH FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED IN AND IN THE 

VICINITY OF WADESBORO. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LILESVILLE 

AND WADESBORO.



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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