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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

605 AM EDT WED AUG 28 2002





...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SAMPSON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 530 AM...



...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH THE DAY FOR THE AREA...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SAMPSON COUNTY

EXPIRED AT 530 AM. THE HEAVY RAIN THAT WAS AFFECTING THE COUNTY

EARLIER HAS TAPERED OFF. FLOODING WAS REPORTED AROUND 300 AM IN THE

ROSEBORO AREA... WHERE 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER FLOODED AREA ROADS AND

STREETS INCLUDING 240A. THE FLOODING SUBSIDED QUICKLY AS THE RAINFALL

TAPERED OFF SHORTLY AFTER 400 AM. THE RALEIGH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE 

ROSEBORO AREA BETWEEN 130 AM AND 330 AM. ELSEWHERE IN SAMPSON COUNTY... 

STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN CLINTON AROUND 400 AM... 

BUT THE FLOODING HAS SINCE ENDED. NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF FLOODING

WERE RECEIVED FROM SAMPSON COUNTY.  



IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY... THE AREA WAS HIT BY HEAVY RAIN AGAIN SHORTLY

AFTER 100 AM. RAINFALL ACROSS THE FAYETTEVILLE REGION RANGED BETWEEN 

1 AND 3 INCHES WITH LOCAL REPORTS OF OVER 4 INCHES. THIS RAINFALL

PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING IN THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE WHERE 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAD TO EVACUATE 10 FAMILIES... BETWEEN 200 AND 

230 AM. THIS WAS DUE TO RISING WATER FROM A NEARBY CREEK. THE FLOOD 

WATERS HAVE SINCE SUBSIDED. 



ELSEWHERE... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF HARNETT... 

JOHNSTON... NORTH CENTRAL NASH... EASTERN WARREN AND HALIFAX

COUNTIES OVERNIGHT. AMOUNTS OF OVER 2 INCHES OCCURRED NEAR NORLINA...

RED OAK... AND ENFIELD. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT

FLOODING FROM THESE AREAS. 



RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN FROM THE SOUTH TOWARD 

DAYBREAK. THE AREAS THAT WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS FIRST... WILL BE AREAS FROM ROCKINGHAM AND

LAURINBURG... EAST TO FAYETTEVILLE... CLINTON AND GOLDSBORO BY 

700 TO 800 AM. THE RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE LILLINGTON...

SMITHFIELD... AND WILSON AREAS BEFORE 900 AM. CONDITIONS REMAIN

FAVORABLE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE QUICK FLASH FLOODING.

PLEASE LISTEN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE FLASH

FLOOD WARNINGS. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY.



MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED TO NEVER DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER 

COVERS THE ROAD. INSTEAD... TURN AROUND AND SEEK AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. 

JUST A FOOT OF WATER ON THE ROAD CAN FLOAT MOST VEHICLES... 

INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. 

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