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WGUS72 KRAH 122155

FFSRAH

NCC153-165-122215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

554 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SCOTLAND AND RICHMOND

COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED...



THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE OVER AREAS FROM ROCKINGHAM AND HAMLET

TO LAURINBURG AND CAMP MCCALL HAVE MOVED EAST AND WEAKENED

SINCE 515 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS DUMPED VERY HEAVY RAIN

THROUGHOUT THE REGION WITH AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IN 

A 3 HOUR PERIOD. FLASH FLOODING ALONG NUMEROUS STREETS AND

ROADS OCCURRED FROM HAMLET AND ROCKINGHAM TO NEAR WAGRAM

EARLIER. SINCE THE THUNDERSTORMS WEAKENED AND MOVED EAST...

THE FLOODING HAS CEASED. 



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR THE BORDER

AREA OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTH OF HAMLET AS 

OF 550 PM. THESE STORMS APPEAR TO BE WEAKER THAN THE

EARLIER STORMS. HOWEVER... EVERYONE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR

THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT

LIGHTNING AS THESE STORMS MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION

BETWEEN 600 AND 630 PM.



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