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WGUS72 KRAH 200118

FFSRAH

NCC167-200230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

911 PM EDT WED MAY 19 2004



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

1030 PM EDT...



AT 910 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER STANLY 

COUNTY... IN THE VICINITY OF ALBEMARLE. RADAR ESTIMATES OF UP TO 6 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AROUND ALBEMARLE SINCE 730 PM. AT 9 PM... 

STANLY COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED STREET FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE CITY 

OF ALBEMARLE AND ON SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 52 NORTH OF THE CITY... BUT 

ROADS WERE NOT CLOSED DUE TO HIGHS WATER AS OF YET.



CREEKS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING FROM THESE HEAVY 

RAINS INCLUDE MOUNTAIN CREEK... TOWN CREEK AND LONG CREEK.



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.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE

AREAS OR NEARBY FLOODING CREEKS AND STREAM SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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