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WGUS72 KRAH 170339

FFSRAH

NCZ073-074-083-170533-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1133 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ANSON COUNTY... SOUTHWEST MONTGOMERY 

COUNTY... AND FOR SOUTH STANLY COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS

EARLIER HAS SPREAD OUT INTO A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT RAINFALL AS OF

1130 PM. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN A 2 TO 3 HOUR PERIOD INDICATED

3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH STANLY AND

SOUTHWEST MONTGOMERY COUNTIES FROM NEAR MOUNT GILEAD TO NORWOOD

TO LOCUST. THIS PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING THAT RESULTED IN NUMEROUS

ROAD CLOSURES THROUGHOUT THE AREA. 



A CHECK WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT THE FLASH FLOOD WATERS

WERE SUBSIDING RAPIDLY WITH THE ENDING OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL. 

HOWEVER... SEVERAL CREEKS WERE STILL RUNNING OUT OF THEIR BANKS

IN THE REGION. 



ONLY LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH 200 

AM. THIS IS NOT EXPECTED TO AGGRAVATE THE FLOOD SITUATION ANY 

FURTHER OVERNIGHT. 



YOUR ARE REMINDED THAT FLOODING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE AT NIGHT. DO 

NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH UNKNOWN AREAS OR THROUGH ANY WATER. 



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