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WGUS72 KRAH 162342

FFSRAH

NCZ073-074-170145-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

740 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...



THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE

SOUTH OVER SOUTHERN STANLY COUNTY AS OF 735 PM. RADAR ESTIMATES

4 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS IN THE VICINITY OF NORWOOD...

AND NEARLY 3 INCHES IN AN HOUR AROUND LOCUST. 



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT SEVERAL CARS HAVE BEEN FLOODED

AND WERE FORCED OFF THE ROAD BY RUNNING WATER IN THE VICINITY 

OF NORWOOD. STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND MANY

ROADS ARE CLOSED FROM NORWOOD TO LOCUST.



YOU ARE REMINDED NOT TO ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN

DEPTH. YOUR CAR CAN BE SWEPT INTO SWOLLEN CREEKS OR STREAMS. IF

TRAPPED IN RISING WATERS ON THE ROAD... GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE...

AND ATTEMPT TO FIND HIGHER GROUND. 



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION. STAY AWAY FROM FLOOD

WATERS AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TRAVEL UNLESS OF AN EMERGENCY. 



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