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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

614 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY 

THROUGH 800 PM...



THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED AT 612 PM FROM HOPE 

MILLS TO CEDAR CREEK TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF FAYETTEVILLE. FLASH 

FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE AND IN HOPE 

MILLS... WHERE RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 500 PM AND 600 PM RANGED FROM 

2 TO 2.5 INCHES. 



NUMEROUS ROADS ARE EITHER FLOODED OR HAVE HIGH WATER ON THEM. THE 

PROBLEM AREAS WERE TOO NUMEROUS TO LIST... BUT WATER WAS UP TO THE 

BUMPERS ON CARS ON ROCKFISH ROAD AND WEST ORANGE STREET TO NAME A 

FEW. SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION 

AND TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. 



THE AXIS OF THE HEAVIEST RAINS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED 

TO MOVE SOUTH OF THE REGION BY 645 PM. HOWEVER... AREAS AROUND HOPE 

MILLS MAY STILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN 

BETWEEN 630 PM AND 645 PM. THE FLOOD WATERS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE. 



YOU ARE REMINDED TO NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR 

CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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