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WGUS72 KRAH 180328

FFSRAH

NCC057-180415-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1127 PM EDT SAT JUL 17 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN DAVIDSON

COUNTY...



AT 1126 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER

SOUTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES 

PER HOUR.



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...LEXINGTON...

GORDONTOWN...FREEZOR...FAIR GROVE...DENTON.



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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