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WGUS72 KRAH 100505

FFSRAH

NCC123-151-100600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

105 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003



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

THROUGH 215 AM... 



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

THROUGH 230 AM...



AT 103 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUOUSLY 

REDEVELOPING FROM TROY AND BADIN LAKE NORTHEAST THROUGH SEAGROVE

TO ASHEBORO AND RAMSEUR. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO LOCALLY 

4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURED FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF TROY TO BADIN

LAKE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY... AND THROUGHOUT MUCH OF SOUTHERN

AND EASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY FROM MARTHA TO ASHEBORO AND RAMSEUR.



AT 103 AM... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DUMP VERY HEAVY RAIN 

CENTERED OVER NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY BETWEEN NC 109 AND US 

220... JUST NORTH OF TROY. THESE STORMS EXTENDED INTO MUCH OF 

RANDOLPH COUNTY. 



OFFICIALS IN BOTH COUNTIES REPORT THAT NUMEROUS ROADS ARE FLOODED 

WITH STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... 

TROY... ASHEBORO... RAMSEUR AND SEAGROVE. RURAL AREAS IN BETWEEN

THESE TOWNS WILL SEE FLASH FLOODING AS WELL. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES AT NIGHT. NEVER DRIVE YOUR 

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. YOU WILL NOT

BE ABLE TO ESTIMATE THE DEPTH. 

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