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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

758 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005



NCC025-119-100115-

MECKLENBURG NC-CABARRUS NC-

758 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR MECKLENBURG 

AND CABARRUS COUNTIES...



AT 752 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY...ADJACENT TO 

ITS WESTERN BORDER WITH GASTON COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED OVER 

CABARRUS COUNTY...ALTHOUGH SCATTERED SHOWERS REMAINED OVER THE 

NORTHERN END...NEAR KANNAPOLIS. RAINFALL OF OVER TWO INCHES HAS BEEN 

INDICATED BY RADAR BETWEEN PAW CREEK AND A LOCATION 3 MILES WEST OF 

HUNTERSVILLE.



NUMEROUS FLOODED STREETS WERE REPORTED BY BOTH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND 

TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY...INCLUDING AROUND 

LAKEVIEW IN THE VICINITY OF BEATTIES FORD ROAD. URBAN FLOODING HAD 

BEEN REPORTED FROM HENDERSON CIRCLE IN CHARLOTTE...PERHAPS 

EXACERBATED BY STREAM FLOODING. IN CABARRUS COUNTY...FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED EARLIER FROM THE ODELL SCHOOL ROAD AREA OF POPLAR TENT.



HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WEAKENING THROUGH THE VALID TIME 

OF THIS WARNING...AS MOST OF THE HEAVIER RAINFALL SHIFTS WEST TOWARD 

THE FOOTHILLS. HOWEVER...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN 

EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM.



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.



LAT...LON 3530 8092 3523 8095 3531 8059 3538 8047

      3547 8035 3550 8063 3551 8075 3556 8074

      3549 8083



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