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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

643 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ANSON COUNTY UNTIL 

745 PM...



RAINFALL INTENSITIES WERE DECREASING ACROSS MOST OF ANSON COUNTY.  

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AT 630 PM WAS CONFINED TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER 

OF THE COUNTY...BETWEEN MORVEN AND THE PEE DEE RIVER. THIS POCKET OF 

HEAVY RAIN SHOULD EXIT THE COUNTY BY 650 PM. 



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT CLOSE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN 

FELL BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM ALONG HIGHWAY 74 BETWEEN LILESVILLE AND THE 

PEE DEE RIVER.  THIS EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL HAS LIKELY CAUSED 

WATER LEVELS TO RISE RAPIDLY IN MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE 

EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ALONG JONES CREEK.



LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL IN ANSON COUNTY REPORTED NO ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING PROBLEMS SINCE THE REPORT OF HIGH WATER ALONG HIGHWAY 74 IN 

WADESBORO.



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

IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA KNOWN TO FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...MOVE 

TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND 

CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND 

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS 

OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, 

ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



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