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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

938 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005



NCC119-110315-

MECKLENBURG NC-

938 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR MECKLENBURG

COUNTY...



AT 930 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED THAT THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE METRO 

AREA HAD WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY.  HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL STORMS TO THE 

SOUTH COULD MOVE IN A LITTLE LATER.



SOME FLASH FLOODING...IN THE FORM OF SEVERE URBAN 

FLOODING...OCCURRED BETWEEN ABOUT 8 PM AND 845 PM...AFTER SEVERAL 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD ACCUMULATED IN A SHORT TIME.  MOST OF THE 

PROBLEMS WERE IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY...BETWEEN 

CHARLOTTE AND MATTHEWS.  LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORTED NO ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING PROBLEMS SINCE THAT TIME.  THE WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 

EXPIRATION SINCE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR A WHILE...AND NEW STORMS 

COULD BRING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.



DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS

SUCH AS UNDERPASSES...AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT. DO

NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR SMALL STREAMS OR FLOODED DRAINAGE

DITCHES AND STORM SEWERS.



LAT...LON 3509 8105 3502 8085 3521 8054 3526 8067

      3533 8067 3549 8079 3553 8092 3537 8096



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