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NCZ073-074-170130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

705 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY

THROUGH 745 PM...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR STANLY COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM...



AT 700 PM.. SLOW MOVING OR NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE 

MERGED OVER STANLY COUNTY FROM NEAR ALBEMARLE TO NORWOOD. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES IN A HOUR HAVE OCCURRED FROM 600 PM TO

700 PM IN THE VICINITY OF NORWOOD. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO 

GRADUALLY SPREAD SOUTHWEST TO THE LOCUST VICINITY BETWEEN 700 AND

715 PM... PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. 



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG MANY 

STREAMS AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. ROADS WERE FLOODED IN NORWOOD AND 

ALONG NC 24 AND 27. 



IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY... FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED EARLIER ALONG NC 

24 IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF 

NORWOOD. THESE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED BUT SEVERAL STREAMS WERE STILL

FLOODED AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ADD TO THE FLOOD CONCERN.



MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. IF YOU

ARE CAUGHT BY RAPIDLY RISING WATERS... ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE...

AND GET TO HIGHER GROUND. 



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