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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

824 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2004



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

1015 AM...



AT 822 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER ANSON COUNTY 

EXTENDING FROM WHITES STORE TO BARNSVILLE. THIS BAND WILL MOVE NORTH 

AND EAST ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OVER ONE 

INCH PER HOUR. SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN CLOSED COUNTYWIDE AND THIS 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING. THE RAIN SHOULD 

START TO TAPER OFF BY 10 AM.



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...WADESBORO...

MINERAL SPRINGS...LONG PINE...CEDAR HILL...BARNSVILLE...ANSONVILLE.



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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WGUS72 KRAH 081227

FFSRAH

NCC007-081415-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

824 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2004



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

1015 AM...



AT 822 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER ANSON COUNTY 

EXTENDING FROM WHITES STORE TO BARNSVILLE. THIS BAND WILL MOVE NORTH 

AND EAST ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OVER ONE 

INCH PER HOUR. SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN CLOSED COUNTYWIDE AND THIS 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING. THE RAIN SHOULD 

START TO TAPER OFF BY 10 AM.



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...WADESBORO...

MINERAL SPRINGS...LONG PINE...CEDAR HILL...BARNSVILLE...ANSONVILLE.



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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