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WGUS72 KRAH 301633

FFSRAH

NCC145-301715-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1228 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PERSON COUNTY UNTIL 

115 PM...



AT 1227 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN 

EXTENDING FROM ROXBORO AND BETHEL HILL NORTHEAST TO SOUTH HILL 

VIRGINIA. THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE  TO MOVE SOUTHWEST 

ACROSS PERSON COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS 

POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY. SEVERAL ROADS IN ROXBORO 

INCLUDING MADISON ROAD AND LEESBURG ROAD ARE CLOSED. OUTSIDE OF 

TOWN SOME ROADS OVER EASTERN PERSON COUNTY ARE FLOODING. MILL CREEK 

NORTH EAST OF ROXBORO IS FLOODING BOTH MILL CREEK ROAD AND TODD 

ROAD. 



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...WOODSDALE...

SURL...ROXBORO...PEEDS STORE...GORDONTON...CUNNINGHAM...CONCORD.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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. DO NOT DROWN...TURN AROUND.



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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