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WGUS72 KRAH 022242

FFSRAH

NCC077-022359-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

640 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 800 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL 

GRANVILLE COUNTY...



THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODING ALONG US-158 AROUND 

BEREA AS OF 640 PM. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE AROUND 3.5 

INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE AREA BETWEEN 530 PM AND 635 PM. LOCATIONS 

THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING CONTINUE TO INCLUDE THE BEREA AREA 

SOUTHWEST TO THE PERSON COUNTY LINE. 



THE WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AS THE RAIN TAPERS OFF 

BETWEEN 635 PM AND 730 PM. THOSE TRAVELING ON RURAL ROADS SHOULD BE 

EXTRA CAUTIOUS AND WATCH FOR WATER RUNNING ACROSS THE ROAD.



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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