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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

211 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004



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



AT 207 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAIN OVER PERSON 

COUNTY WAS GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST. RAIN WILL END 

OVER ROXBORO AND MORIAH AROUND 230. RAIN WILL TAKE A LITTLE LONGER 

TO TAPER OFF OVER NORTHEASTERN PERSON COUNTY AROUND BETHEL HILL.



SEVERAL ROADS ARE STILL REPORTED FLOODED IN AND AROUND ROXBORO AS 

WELL AS IN PORTIONS OF EASTERN PERSON COUNTY. MILL CREEK CONTINUES 

TO FLOOD AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF ROXBORO. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO 

PRODUCE FLOODING FOR THE NEXT HOUR HOWEVER WATER LEVELS IN MOST 

LOCATIONS WILL START TO FALL ONCE THE RAIN HAS ENDED.



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

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



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. NEVER DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES 

WHERE ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED BY FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DROWN...TURN 

AROUND. 



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