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WGUS72 KRAH 272235

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

635 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



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CHATHAM NC-ORANGE NC-

635 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



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

ORANGE AND EASTERN CHATHAM COUNTIES...



AT 633 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER 

CENTRAL CHATHAM AND CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL 

WITH RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR... WAS LOCATED BETWEEN 

PITTSBORO AND BYNUM... AND 4 MILES SOUTH OF HILLSBOROUGH... MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

HILLSBOROUGH... PITTSBORO... BYNUM AND JORDAN LAKE. 



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.



LAT...LON 3624 7897 3586 7902 3585 7898 3586 7897

      3581 7892 3561 7900 3558 7893 3553 7896

      3554 7902 3562 7911 3562 7914 3556 7920

      3557 7923 3560 7918 3583 7918 3584 7924

      3590 7926 3624 7926



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