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WGUS72 KRAH 161614

FFSRAH

NCC167-161730-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1200 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR STANLY COUNTY EXPIRED AT NOON...



RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF STANLY COUNTY AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS 

BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. MAJOR FLOODING REQUIRING EMERGENCY RESCUES 

WAS REPORTED IN AND AROUND ALBEMARLE AT 1100 AM THIS MORNING...AND 

FLOODING WILL LINGER ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS INTO THE EARLY 

AFTERNOON. 



DRIVERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL AS FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS 

WILL CONTINUE AND BRIDGES MAY BE IMPASSABLE. SOME STREAMS LIKELY TO 

REMAIN FLOODED INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON INCLUDE...LONG CREEK...BEAR 

CREEK...AND TOWN CREEK. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER WHICH COVERS THE 

ROAD.



ADDITIONALLY...DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN FLOODED AREAS.



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