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WGUS72 KRAH 200240

FFSRAH

NCC167-200300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1035 PM EDT WED MAY 19 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR STANLY COUNTY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE

AT 1030 PM EDT...



THE THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN THAT CAUSED FLASH 

FLOODING AROUND ALBEMARLE DIMINISHED AROUND 10 PM. THUS THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



STANLY COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED AT 1015 PM NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE 

CITY OF ALBEMARLE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. FOUR WATER RESCUES HAD 

TO BE CARRIED OUT. TWO RESCUES INVOLVED CARS STALLED IN HIGH WATER 

WHILE TWO RESIDENCES HAD TO BE EVACUATED DUE TO HIGH WATER. NO 

INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.



HIGH WATER ACROSS THE CITY OF ALBEMARLE AND AREAS JUST NORTH OF 

TOWN WILL SLOWLY RECEDE THROUGH 12 MIDNIGHT.



A REMINDER... 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.



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