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WGUS72 KRAH 102350

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

736 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HARNETT COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...



THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED 

OUT OF THE COUNTY. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER SOME 

OCCASIONAL MODERATE RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WHERE ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE.



TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN WERE WIDESPREAD OVER THE WESTERN PART OF 

THE COUNTY WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES FELL IN THE EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON

INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSINGS AND OR IMPASSABLE 

WERE REPORTED IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY AND WILL CONTINUE

INTO THE NIGHT. RESIDUAL WATER FROM THE EARLIER DOWNPOURS WILL MAKE 

DRIVING HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST AS 

WATER ON THE ROAD WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SEE IN THE DARK AND A NUMBER 

OF BRIDGES HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT. HEED THE OFFICIAL BARRICADES. TURN 

AROUND AND FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.





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