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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1208 PM EDT WED SEP 8 2004



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

1 PM...



AT 1202 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER ANSON COUNTY 

FROM ANSONVILLE TO WADESBORO...MOVING NORTH. RAIN WILL TAPER OFF 

ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. WATER LEVELS WILL START 

TO SLOWLY FALL AFTER 1 PM AND NO MORE SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL RAIN IS 

EXPECTED AFTER 1 PM.



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

MINERAL SPRINGS...LONG PINE...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.



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WGUS72 KRAH 081610

FFSRAH

NCC007-081700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1208 PM EDT WED SEP 8 2004



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

1 PM...



AT 1202 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER ANSON COUNTY 

FROM ANSONVILLE TO WADESBORO...MOVING NORTH. RAIN WILL TAPER OFF 

ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. WATER LEVELS WILL START 

TO SLOWLY FALL AFTER 1 PM AND NO MORE SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL RAIN IS 

EXPECTED AFTER 1 PM.



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

MINERAL SPRINGS...LONG PINE...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.



$$



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