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000 

WGUS72 KRAH 280533

FFSRAH

NCC167-280730-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

129 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004



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

330 AM...



AT 127 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE AREA. HEAVY 

RAINFALL RATES AROUND TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL MOVE FROM 

LOCUST...NORWOOD AND AQUADALE NORTH TO ALBEMARLE OVER THE NEXT HALF 

HOUR. RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA BETWEEN 

2 AM AND 230 AM.



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING 

INCLUDE...LOCUST...OAKBORO...AQUADALE...NORWOOD AND ALBEMARLE.



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 VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. DONT DROWN...TURN AROUND.



$$



04

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000 

WGUS72 KRAH 280533

FFSRAH

NCC167-280730-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

129 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004



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

330 AM...



AT 127 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE AREA. HEAVY 

RAINFALL RATES AROUND TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL MOVE FROM 

LOCUST...NORWOOD AND AQUADALE NORTH TO ALBEMARLE OVER THE NEXT HALF 

HOUR. RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA BETWEEN 

2 AM AND 230 AM.



LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLASH FLOODING 

INCLUDE...LOCUST...OAKBORO...AQUADALE...NORWOOD AND ALBEMARLE.



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 VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. DONT DROWN...TURN AROUND.



$$



04

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