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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1101 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



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SCOTLAND NC-HOKE NC-CUMBERLAND NC-MOORE NC-

1101 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN MOORE...WESTERN CUMBERLAND...HOKE AND NORTHEASTERN

SCOTLAND COUNTIES...



AT 1057 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY 

RAINFALL OVER HOKE AND SOUTHEAST MOORE COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 

TO 1.25 INCHES PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD ALREADY OCCURRED OVER WESTERN HOKE 

COUNTY. 



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



FLOODING HAD ALREADY CLOSED SEVERAL ROADS IN HOKE COUNTY. 



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.



FLOODING AT NIGHT CAN BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE. USE EXTREME 

CAUTION IF TRAVELING IS NEEDED. 



LAT...LON 3477 7954 3535 7937 3520 7916 3520 7911

      3519 7908 3521 7901 3521 7896 3492 7897

      3495 7903 3483 7918 3483 7933 3481 7934

      3477 7933



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