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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

857 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MONTGOMERY AND 

EASTERN STANLY COUNTIES UNTIL 11 AM...



AT 853 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER MONTGOMERY AND 

EASTERN STANLY COUNTIES. A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS 

NORWOOD NORTH TO ENDY...ALBEMARLE...NEW LONDON AND BADIN. THIS HEAVY 

RAIN WILL ALSO MOVE INTO WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IMPACTING MOUNT 

GILEAD...LIBERTY HILL AND TUCKERTOWN. 



IN ALBEMARLE...TOWN CREEK IS SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. HARDY AND 

UGLY CREEKS IN SOUTHERN STANLY COUNTY JUST WEST OF NORWOOD ARE ALSO 

PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING. BRIDGES IN THE ZION CHURCH ROAD AREA NEAR 

COTTONVILLE EASILY FLOOD FROM RAPIDLY RISING WATER.04



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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