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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

737 AM EST TUE NOV 12 2002



...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 900 AM...



MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES UP 

TO ONE-AND-A-HALF INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS EASTERN RICHMOND COUNTY... 

SCOTLAND COUNTY... SOUTHERN MOORE COUNTY... AND HOKE COUNTY. THIS 

MAY LEAD TO RAPID RISES IN CREEKS INCLUDING GUM SWAMP CREEK... 

ROCKFISH CREEK... AND NICHOLSON CREEK. THE LUMBER RIVER BETWEEN HOKE 

AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE QUICK RISES IN WATER 

LEVELS. URBAN AREAS INCLUDING SOUTHERN PINES... LAURINBURG... AND 

RAEFORD COULD SEE FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS THROUGHOUT TOWN.



MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WELL BELOW THE POSTED SPEEDS IN HEAVY RAIN. 

MAINTAIN A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOUR VEHICLE AND THOSE AROUND YOU.



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