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WGUS72 KRAH 101349

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

949 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2008



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ANSON NC-RICHMOND NC-

949 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2008



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

RICHMOND AND EASTERN ANSON COUNTIES...



AT 940 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



AT 940 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS 

ADVANCING NORTH FROM SOUTH CAROLINA TOWARD ANSON COUNTY AND 

ROCKINGHAM. THESE SHOWERS WILL COLLIDE WITH THE SLOWER MOVING CELLS 

OVER ANSON AND RICHMOND COUNTY THIS MORNING. RAINFALL RATES MAY 

EXCEED TWO INCHES PER HOUR FOR A TIME THIS MORNING SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 

74. TO THE NORTH OF 74...HEAVY RAINS WILL BE MORE ISOLATED...WITH 

MOST LOCATIONS RECEIVING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF TWO THIRDS INCH OR 

LESS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES IN THE WARNED AREA. 

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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