SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 745 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 NCZ073>076-083>086-031245- ANSON-HOKE-LEE-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-STANLY- 745 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS STANLY...SCOTLAND... RICHMOND...MOORE...MONTGOMERY...LEE...ANSON AND HOKE COUNTIES THROUGH 845 AM EDT... AT 741 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER ASHLEY HEIGHTS...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTHERN PINES...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH CAN BE EXPECTED IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE. SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SOUTHERN PINES...AND...PINEHURST... WHISPERING PINES...VASS...CAMERON...LEMON SPRINGS...GUM SPRINGS... AND...TRAMWAY. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN CAN QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING
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