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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

645 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003



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

UNTIL 745 PM...



AT 630 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING LOCALLY HEAVY

RAINFALL CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS HARNETT COUNTY.



AT 630 PM COUNTY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED PORTIONS OF NUMEROUS

ROADS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY WERE CLOSED...IMPASSABLE AND 

BRIDGES WERE WASHED OUT. OFFICIALS REPORTED SPRING HILL AND 

MCDOUGAL ROADS HAD 7 TO 10 INCHES OF STANDING WATER ON THE ROADS AND 

WERE CLOSED. 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER COVERED HIGHLAND DRIVE IN BROADWAY.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER

THAN IT APPEARS. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO

SWEEP MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES

CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



WITH THE APPROACH OF NIGHTFALL...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AS IT WILL 

BE HARDER TO SEE HIGH WATER AND OR WATER OVER THE ROADWAYS.



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