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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

622 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2008



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ANSON NC-RICHMOND NC-

622 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM EDT FOR

RICHMOND AND EASTERN ANSON COUNTIES...



AT 612 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE TRAINING HEAVY SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

AROUND TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER EASTERN ANSON 

COUNTY AND RICHMOND COUNTY SINCE 330 AM. WHILE MUCH OF THIS HAS 

FALLEN OVER FARMLAND AND RURAL AREAS... FLOODING OF STREETS AND 

CREEKS IN THIS AREA IS LIKELY. 



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

HOFFMAN... LILESVILLE... ROCKINGHAM... AND HAMLET. THIS INCLUDES 

HIGHWAY 74... HIGHWAY 1... AND ROUTE 145. CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT 

WILL LIKELY FLOOD INCLUDE HALE CREEK... LITTLE CREEK... MCCOY 

CREEK... BELLS CREEK... AND SOLOMANS CREEK. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 745 AM. 

THIS EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS... HIGHWAYS... AND UNDERPASSES. 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 3481 7992 3482 7992 3483 8008 3509 7998

      3517 7985 3517 7967 3515 7964 3516 7960

      3507 7957 3506 7950 3504 7946 3498 7957

      3490 7957 3485 7966 3482 7979



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