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WGUS72 KRAH 192206

FFSRAH

NCC051-163-192300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

600 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2003



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

COUNTY AND FOR SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DROPPED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN OVER THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE BETWEEN

500 PM AND 600 PM. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET 

OF WATER ON AREA ROADS... ESPECIALLY ALONG YADKIN ROAD AND SEVERAL 

BACK ROADS FROM FAYETTEVILLE TO NEAR FORT BRAGG. MOTORISTS ARE URGED 

TO STAY OFF THE ROADS UNTIL THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS AND THE WATER 

SUBSIDES. THE HEAVIEST RAINS SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH SIDE OF 

FAYETTEVILLE AND THEN NORTHEAST TOWARD LINDEN THROUGH 700 PM. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO AFFECTING THE GARLAND TO 

HARRELLS AREAS OF SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY. RADAR WAS ESTIMATING 1.5 

TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER HARRELLS. THERE ARE REPORTS OF WATER 

FLOWING ACROSS SEVERAL ROADS IN HARRELLS... AS MUCH AS A FOOT DEEP. 

FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED ALONG US-421 IN HARRELLS.

THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL 

LIKELY SHIFT SLOWLY NORTHWARD TO THE CLINTON AREA BETWEEN 600 PM AND 

700 PM. FLOODING OF INTERSECTIONS... DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES WILL OCCUR. 

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND.



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