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WGUS72 KRAH 110816

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

416 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008



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CUMBERLAND NC-SAMPSON NC-

416 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM EDT FOR

SAMPSON AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...



AT 412 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A COUPLE OF LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SAMPSON COUNTY. 

THESE STORMS WERE WEAKENING AND WERE MOVING OUT OF THE REGION. 

SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED BY THE NC DOT DUE TO FLOODING... 

INCLUDING HALLTOWN ROAD AND HIGH HOUSE ROAD... BOTH NORTH OF 

CLINTON.  



SEVERAL LARGE THUNDERSTORMS DUMPED LOCALLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN 

HOUR EARLIER THIS MORNING... OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SAMPSON 

COUNTY. THIS FOLLOWED SEVERAL STORMS DURING THE DAY SUNDAY ACROSS 

THE AREA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR STORM TOTAL 

RAINFALL ESTIMATES DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS RANGED TO AS MUCH AS 5 

TO 7 INCHES JUST NORTH OF CLINTON. 



ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. 



THE EARLIER FLOODING IN FAYETTEVILLE HAD SUBSIDED AS OF 400 AM... 

BUT ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LEAD TO FLOODING. 



THE FLASH FLOODING WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CUMBERLAND AND 

SAMPSON COUNTIES THROUGH 530 AM. THE RAIN SHOULD BE EAST OF THE AREA 

BY THEN... AND THE WARNING SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FAYETTEVILLE 

AND CLINTON.



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.



LAT...LON 3482 7829 3483 7845 3485 7849 3484 7852

      3484 7889 3492 7897 3507 7894 3520 7877

      3522 7849 3522 7825 3521 7822 3517 7817

      3497 7816 3479 7818



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