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Flash Flood Warning
Issued: 5:22 PM Jul. 6, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southwestern Harnett County in central North Carolina... Northern Hoke County in central North Carolina... Lee County in central North Carolina... Montgomery County in central North Carolina... Moore County in central North Carolina... Richmond County in central North Carolina... North Central Scotland County in central North Carolina... * Until 515 PM EDT. * At 122 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen over portions of Moore, Richmond, Hoke and Harnett Counties, with additional heavy rain expected. This heavy rain is expected to move across the remaining warned counties in the next couple hours and produce similar totals. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Sanford, Southern Pines, Rockingham, Carthage, Pinehurst, Hamlet, Aberdeen, Biscoe, Hoffman, Whispering Pines, Pinebluff, Robbins, Ellerbe, Foxfire, Star, Dobbins Heights, Candor and Taylortown. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
Flood Watch
Issued: 3:33 PM Jul. 6, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Much of central North Carolina, including the following counties, Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Granville, Guilford, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Wake and Wayne. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - The remnants of Tropical Depression Chantal will bring widespread showers and embedded storms across central North Carolina through early Monday. Storm total rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are expected, with locally 4 or more inches possible, with the highest totals likely to be in the Piedmont and western Sandhills, along and west of US Highway 1. This rainfall may result in flash flooding. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop. &&
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