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WGUS72 KRAH 282049

FFSRAH

NCC165-282215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

447 PM EDT WED JUL 28 2004



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

UNTIL 615 PM EDT...



AT 446 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER SCOTLAND

COUNTY.



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...WAGRAM...SILVER

HILL...OLD HUNDRED...LAURINBURG...LAUREL HILL...HASTY...GIBSON.



AT 442 PM EDT SCOTLAND COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT THAT MAJOR STREETS IN 

LAURINBURG WERE BECOMING IMPASSABLE. A FEW CARS HAD TO BE ABANDONED 

DUE TO RISING WATER. BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES HAS POSSIBLY FALLEN NEAR 

LAURINBURG SINCE 4 PM. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 530 PM.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES

CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



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