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WGUS72 KRAH 180900

FFSRAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

500 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2009



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MOORE NC-LEE NC-CHATHAM NC-RANDOLPH NC-

500 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2009



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

RANDOLPH...SOUTHWESTERN CHATHAM...WESTERN LEE AND MOORE COUNTIES...



AT 458 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN  

EXTENDING FROM ULAH TO ROBBINS TO HARPERS CROSSROADS... DRIFTING 

SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES 

INDICATE FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN THE PAST FEW HOURS FROM NEAR ASHEBORO 

SOUTHEASTWARD TO SEAGROVE AND COLERIDGE... OR OVER RICHLAND CREEK 

AND THE DEEP RIVER. INDEED... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OBSERVER 2 

MILES SOUTHEAST OF ASHEBORO HAS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 4.73 INCHES OF 

RAIN. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 

TWENTY TWO BYPASS... BETWEEN ASHEBORO AND ULAH... HAS BEEN CLOSED 

DUE TO HIGH WATER. 



THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SINCE MOVED INTO EXTREME 

SOUTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY AND NORTHERN MOORE COUNTY... WHERE 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY 

FALLEN. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SOUTHEAST ACROSS 

SEAGROVE... HARPERS CROSSROADS... GLENDON... ROBBINS... AND 

SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNED AREA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. THOSE LIVING NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS

SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK

ACTION.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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LAT...LON 3584 8005 3583 7952 3576 7938 3555 7920

      3532 7920 3527 7922 3518 7909 3517 7913

      3520 7924 3515 7933 3504 7945 3506 7950

      3507 7956 3514 7959 3527 7971 3551 7977

      3551 8006



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