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WGUS72 KRAH 161330

FFSRAH

NCC167-161430-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

926 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



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

UNTIL 1015 AM...



RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER OVER STANLY 

COUNTY...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY...THROUGH 

1015 AM. RAINFALL RANGING BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN 

WIDESPREAD AROUND AND NORTH OF ALBEMARLE...WHERE SOME SIDE STREETS 

HAVE BEGUN TO EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1015 AM.



IN ALBEMARLE...TOWN CREEK IS SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING AND CAN CAUSE 

FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 52 DOWNTOWN. FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY AROUND 

DELCO PLAZA AND FROM COLONIAL DRIVE TO QUENBY MALL.



OTHER LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... 

RICHFIELD...PLYLER...NORWOOD...LOCUST...AND BADIN. FLOODING WILL 

ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON ROADS AND LOWLYING AREAS ALONG LONG AND TOWN 

CREEKS AS WELL AS THE ROCKY RIVER.



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.



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