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WGUS72 KRAH 162322

FFSRAH

NCC167-170015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

722 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



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

THROUGH 800 PM...



FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED TO BE ONGOING OVER NORTHEAST STANLY 

COUNTY FROM NEW LONDON TO BADIN. THE BADIN AREA HAS BEEN HIT 

PARTICULARLY HARD. EVACUATIONS WERE ONGOING IN THE STANLY COUNTY 

COUNTRY CLUB AREA OF BADIN. NUMEROUS ROADS WERE CLOSED INCLUDING FALLS 

ROAD... DEWEY STREET... MOUNTAIN CREEK ROAD AND HIGHWAY 740 BETWEEN 

NEW LONDON AND BADIN. 



AT 720 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER 

NORTHERN AND EASTERN STANLY COUNTY WERE SHOWING A WEAKENING TREND. 

HOWEVER... RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY 

FALLEN IN THE BADIN AREA BETWEEN 600 PM AND 700 PM. THUNDERSTORMS... 

ALTHOUGH WEAKENING... WERE STILL DEVELOPING UPSTREAM TO THE 

NORTHWEST... THEN MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH ACROSS NEW 

LONDON AND BADIN. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 

FLASH FLOODING. ALL THIS RAIN WAS IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN THAT 

PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING EARLIER TODAY... MAKING THIS A SERIOUS 

FLASH FLOOD HAZARD TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.  



THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOOD WATERS 

OR WHERE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS CLOSED ROADS. KEEP 

CHILDREN AWAY FROM THE SWOLLEN STREAMS. 



LOCATIONS WITH WITH FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE NEW LONDON AND BADIN... AND

JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF ALBEMARLE. 



REMEMBER MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR 

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES 

CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY. 



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