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WGUS72 KRAH 100241

FFSRAH

NCC057-100330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1035 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



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

COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DRIFT SLOWLY EAST OVER 

CENTRAL DAVIDSON COUNTY. THE STORMS HAD SHIFTED EAST OF BADIN 

LAKE...WHERE TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE BADIN LAKE AND 

LINWOOD AREAS. HEAVIER RAIN WILL BE CONCENTRATED SOUTH OF 

LEXINGTON...IN THE GORDONTOWN AND DENTON AREAS...WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 

1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1130 PM. MOTORISTS ON ROUTE 47 

SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER ON THE ROAD AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN 

HEAVY DOWNPOURS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA MOVE 

TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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