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WGUS72 KRAH 081326

FFSRAH

NCC057-151-081500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

922 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN DAVIDSON AND

WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES UNTIL 11 AM...



AT 919 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY RAIN 

MOVING NORTH INTO DAVIDSON AND WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES. THIS BAND 

OF HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM DENTON SOUTH TO WADESBORO AND WAS MOVING 

NORTH AT 30 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE 

EXPECTED TO CAUSE FLOODING ESPECIALLY FROM DENTON AND MARTHA NORTH 

TO THOMASVILLE. THIS SECOND BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL REACH 

THOMASVILLE SHORTLY AFTER 10 AM.



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING 

INCLUDE...DENTON...THOMASVILLE...AND ASHEBORO.



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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