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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

458 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2004



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

UNTIL 630 PM THIS EVENING...



RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN THE PAST 

TWO HOURS ALONG HIGHWAY 74 EAST OF HAMLET TO NEAR THE SCOTLAND 

COUNTY LINE. RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL AND FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG 

JOES CREEK AND KINGSBURY CREEK.



AT 500 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WITH THUNDERSTORMS 

FROM NEAR ELLERBE TO DIGGS IN THE WESTERN PART OF RICHMOND COUNTY.  

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES AN HOUR.



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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