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WGUS72 KRAH 110928

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

528 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008



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CUMBERLAND NC-SAMPSON NC-

528 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SAMPSON AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES WILL 

EXPIRE AT 530 AM... 



AT 525 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THE 

FLOODING HAD SUBSIDED IN SAMPSON AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES. RADARS 

ALSO INDICATED THAT THE STORMS HAD PUSHED EAST OF THE REGION... WITH 

NO ADDITIONAL RAIN NOW EXPECTED. THEREFORE... ADDITIONAL FLASH 

FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. 



THERE COULD STILL BE SOME SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT THE 

AREA. SOME RURAL ROUTES MAY STILL HAVE SOME MINOR FLOODING 

ONGOING... EVEN THOUGH THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED THAT 

THERE WERE CURRENTLY NO ROAD CLOSURES. 



REMEMBER... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR 

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING 

FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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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