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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

600 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN 

RICHMOND COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM THIS EVENING...



AT 554 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS 

MOVING FROM SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND INTO CENTRAL SCOTLAND COUNTY.



WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 

LIKELY OCCURRED EAST OF HAMLET ALONG HIGHWAY 74 TO AROUND THE 

SCOTLAND COUNTY BORDER IN THE PAST 3 HOURS.



THOUGH HEAVIEST RAIN IS NOW MOVING INTO SCOTLAND COUNTY...RESIDUAL 

RUNOFF IN SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND COUNTY IS LIKELY TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS 

CONDITIONS ON HIGHWAYS AND ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA.



NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR STORM DRAINS OR NEAR FLOODED CREEKS

AND STREAMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CREATE RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER THAT

CAN EASILY SWEEP A CHILD DOWNSTREAM. THE BANKS OF MANY CREEKS AND

STREAMS MAY ALSO BE WEAKENED AND PRONE TO COLLAPSE.





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