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WGUS72 KRAH 250115

FFSRAH

NCZ084-250200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

910 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR RICHMOND COUNTY 

UNTIL 1015 PM EDT...



A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS GRADUALLY MOVING EAST OUT 

OF RICHMOND COUNTY.  THUS THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WAS DIMINISHING 

ACROSS THE COUNTY EXCEPT NEAR THE FAR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS.

LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL IN RICHMOND COUNTY AT 9 PM REPORTED THAT 

SEVERAL ROADS HAVE TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF WATER ON THE ROAD SURFACE 

BUT NO ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. HOWEVER THEY ADVISED 

THAT MOTORISTS STILL NEED TO BE EXTRA ALERT WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THE 

COUNTY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ON ROADS THAT CROSS SMALL 

CREEKS.

  



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF MOVING WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A 

SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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