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WGUS72 KRAH 271036

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

636 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



NCC057-271230-

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

DAVIDSON NC-

636 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EDT FOR

DAVIDSON COUNTY...



AT 630 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

ADDITIONAL RAINS APPROACHING DAVIDSON COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THOMASVILLE 

AND LEXINGTON.



SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE. THE ADDITIONAL RAINS EXPECTED THROUGH 

8 AM THIS MORNING MAY CAUSE ADDITION ROADS TO BE COVERED WITH WATER 

AND PERHAPS BECOME IMPASSABLE. SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY EXCEED 

THEIR BANKS WITH THESE ADDITIONAL RAINS. 



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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING

FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.



LAT...LON 3579 8046 3584 8037 3597 8036 3598 8035

      3601 8005 3556 8006 3551 8007 3552 8017

      3572 8032



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