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WGUS72 KRAH 280016

FFSRAH

NCC085-280100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

811 PM EDT TUE AUG 27 2002



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

UNTIL 9 PM EDT...





THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS EXITING THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF HARNETT 

COUNTY AT 810 PM.  THE HARNETT COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED THAT A 

FEW STREETS IN THE CITY OF DUNN WERE IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER.  

MOTORISTS IN THE EAST AND SOUTH SECTIONS OF HARNETT COUNTY NEED TO 

AVOID AREAS KNOWN TO FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS. 



WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ABATED SOME SINCE 745 PM...THERE IS THE 

POTENTIAL FOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS HARNETT COUNTY 

THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING HOURS AND POSSIBLY WELL INTO THE 

NIGHT.  THUS...ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE 

ISSUED.



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 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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