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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

754 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2008



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ANSON NC-

754 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2008



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

ANSON COUNTY...



AT 749 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WADESBORO AND

ANSONVILLE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN A 

SWATH FROM WADESBORO AND LILESVILLE BACK TO WHITE STORE THROUGH 9 AM.

ITS POSSIBLE THAT SOME LOCATIONS BETWEEN WHITE STORE AND WADESBORO 

MAY RECEIVE BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN. THIS WOULD BE LIKE 

GETTING A MONTHS WORTH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

RALEIGH.



LAT...LON 3485 8032 3492 8032 3515 8027 3509 8003

      3495 7987 3481 7999 3481 8032 3484 8033



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