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WGUS72 KRAH 100017

FFSRAH

NCC125-100115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

813 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MOORE 

COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM...



THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE 

NORTH INTO SOUTHERN MOORE COUNTY. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

SINCE 500 PM...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 

900 PM.



SOME AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...FOXFIRE...TAYLORTOWN...PINEHURST...  

ABERDEEN. SOME STREAMS AFFECTED INCLUDE DROWNING CREEK...DEEP        

CREEK...AND HORSE CREEK.



FLOODING WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE NOW THAT THE SUN HAS SET.

NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR STORM DRAINS OR NEAR FLOODED CREEKS

AND STREAMS. 



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