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WGUS72 KRAH 272310

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

710 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



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MOORE NC-HARNETT NC-LEE NC-

710 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR

LEE...WESTERN HARNETT AND NORTHEASTERN MOORE COUNTIES...



AT 708 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST... OVER 

EASTERN MOORE AND LEE COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES 

PER HOUR WERE INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR FROM JUST EAST OF CARTHAGE 

TO SANFORD TO NEAR MONCURE. THIS RAIN WAS FALLING OVER AN ALREADY 

SATURATED GROUND. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANFORD... 

GUM SPRINGS... BROADWAY... LEMON SPRINGS... CAMERON. 



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 3537 7937 3551 7944 3551 7935 3553 7931

      3554 7931 3555 7929 3553 7927 3557 7923

      3555 7921 3562 7914 3561 7908 3555 7904

      3553 7901 3522 7896 3521 7897 3519 7918



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