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WGUS72 KRAH 280117

FFSRAH

NCC051-085-280230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

910 PM EDT TUE AUG 27 2002



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

   UNTIL 1030 PM EDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HARNETT COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE

   AT 9 PM EDT...



AT 910 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

CONTINUE OVER CUMBERLAND COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE. 

THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED WATER DEPTHS OF SIX TO 

EIGHT INCHES ON MANY ROADS IN THE COUNTY WITH WATER UP TO A FOOT 

DEEP NEAR GODWIN AND WADE. TRAVEL IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT 

AND DANGEROUS ACROSS CUMBERLAND COUNTY.  MOTORISTS NEED TO AVOID 

STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS KNOWN TO FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS. 

THE FAYETTEVILLE AIRPORT MEASURED JUST OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN 

BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM.  AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAIN WILL LIKELY FALL 

ACROSS MOST OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 10 PM.  THIS ADDED RAINFALL WILL 

JUST MAKE THE FLOODING POTENTIAL OVER CUMBERLAND COUNTY MORE 

THREATENING.



IN HARNETT COUNTY...THE HEAVY RAIN HAS SUBSIDED FOR NOW...SO THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM.  MOTORISTS AND 

RESIDENTS IN THE FAR EASTERN END OF THE...EAST OF ERWIN DUNN WILL 

STILL NEED TO BE ALERT FOR AREAS WHERE HIGH WATER MAY BE SLOWLY 

RECEDING.  



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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