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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

346 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2009



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RANDOLPH NC-

346 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR

RANDOLPH COUNTY...



AT 339 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN  

OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATE 

THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST COUPLE HOURS 

FROM NEAR ASHEBORO SOUTHEASTWARD TO COLERIDGE... ALONG RICHLAND 

CREEK. INDEED... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OBSERVER 2 MILES 

SOUTHEAST OF ASHEBORO REPORTED 3.71 INCHES OF RAIN IN NINETY 

MINUTES. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING IN THE 

CITY OF ASHEBORO... AND ALSO REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY TWENTY TWO 

BYPASS... BETWEEN ASHEBORO AND ULAH... HAS BEEN CLOSED DOE TO HIGH 

WATER. 



DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED OTHER SWATHS HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS... 

BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES IN THE PAST TWO HOURS... OVER THE 

SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY FROM MARTHA TO SEAGROVE... AND... 

JUST WEST OF RANDLEMAN OVER THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF RANDOLPH 

COUNTY.  



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 

OVER THE WARNED AREA... AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO 

DEVELOP OVER THE THE AREA. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



FLASH FLOODING IS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT... WHEN IT IS 

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY 

DANGEROUS.. POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATION. 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.



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LAT...LON 3591 8004 3590 7956 3589 7954 3552 7956

      3555 8004



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