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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

750 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005



NCC027-090145-

CALDWELL NC-

750 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR CALDWELL

COUNTY...



AT 740 PM...THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED THAT CREEKS WERE 

FLOODING AND THAT SOME ROADS WERE BEING BLOCKED OFF.  MOST OF THE 

FLOODING SO FAR HAS BEEN IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF LENOIR.



THE MAIN STORM WHICH DUMPED MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH CAUSED 

THE FLOODING...HAS NOW MOVED NORTH OF THE COUNTY...LEAVING AN AREA 

OF STEADY MODERATE RAIN OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.  

HOWEVER...RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH...MOVING 

NORTH ABOUT 15 MPH.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS AREA OF STORMS WAS 

JUST MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST CALDWELL COUNTY.  THEREFORE...THE THREAT 

OF NEW FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  FLASH FLOODING OCCURS WHEN WATER RISES 

QUICKLY FOLLOWING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IN A SHORT TIME.



LAT...LON 3601 8176 3606 8173 3609 8175 3610 8153

      3606 8141 3598 8134 3581 8134 3581 8159

      3587 8170 3592 8174 3593 8177



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