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WGUS72 KRAH 170135

FFSRAH

NCZ073-074-083-170333-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

931 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ANSON COUNTY THROUGH 1100 PM...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST MONTGOMERY COUNTY THROUGH 1100 

PM...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH STANLY COUNTY THROUGH 1130 PM...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING

THIS EVENING. THE LATEST REPORTS INDICATED STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE

OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ANSON COUNTY FROM POLKTON 

TO WADESBORO. IN ADDITION... WATER WAS FLOWING OVER A FOOT DEEP 

ACROSS

SECTIONS OF US 74 BETWEEN POLKTON AND WADESBORO. NUMEROUS 

INTERSECTIONS

WERE FLOODED. STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN WADESBORO.



IN SOUTHWEST MONTGOMERY COUNTY... HYDRO ROAD... CC CAMP ROAD...

AND RIVER ROAD WERE FLOODED. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALL ACROSS

SOUTHERN STANLY COUNTY WHERE ROADS CONTINUED CLOSED DUE TO HIGH 

WATER AND FLOODING. 



RADAR INDICATES AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER NORWOOD AND

NEARLY 3 INCHES IN AN HOUR OVER LOCUST. OVER ANSON COUNTY... IN 

EXCESS

OF 2 INCHES FELL OVER POLKTON IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. 



AT 930 PM... THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD SHIFTED SOUTHEAST TO RICHMOND

COUNTY. HOWEVER... SLOW MOVING MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY RAINFALL

CONTINUED ACROSS ALL OF STANLY... ANSON... MONTGOMERY AND RICHMOND

COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH IS EXPECTED

BETWEEN 930 PM AND 1130 PM... FURTHER AGGRAVATING THE ONGOING 

FLOODING. 



YOUR ARE URGED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. 

FLOODING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE AT NIGHT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE

THROUGH UNKNOWN AREAS OR THROUGH ANY WATER. 



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