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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

845 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2008



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ANSON NC-RICHMOND NC-

845 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EDT FOR

RICHMOND AND EASTERN ANSON COUNTIES...



AT 840 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING  OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCKINGHAM 

AND CORDOVA.



RADAR AND GROUND REPORTS INDICATE RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF SIX INCHES 

NEAR AND SOUTHWEST OF ROCKINGHAM. A LARGER AREA OF FOUR TO SIX INCH 

RAINS OVER THREE HOURS EXTENDS WEST INTO ANSON COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 

74 AND OVER A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHWEST RICHMOND COUNTY. HEAVY 

RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH 930 AM AND PERHAPS 

BEYOND. 



AT 840 AM...RAINFALL RATE OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WERE STILL 

OCCURRING IN SOUTHEAST ANSON COUNTY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 74...WITH ONE 

INCH PER HOUR RATES OR MORE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST RICHMOND COUNTY.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THERE ARE MULTIPLE RURAL ROAD 

CLOSURES AND WATER HAS ENTERED SOME HOMES. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE 

WARNED AREA THIS MORNING TO ALLOW EMERGENCY PERSONNEL TO DO THEIR 

JOBS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3482 7994 3509 7998 3517 7985 3517 7967

      3515 7964 3516 7960 3507 7957 3506 7950

      3504 7946 3499 7957 3497 7958 3490 7957

      3485 7966 3482 7979 3481 7992



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