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WGUS72 KGSP 100018

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

818 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005



NCC159-100145-

ROWAN NC-

818 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005



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

COUNTY...



AT 815 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY WEAKENING BUT STILL COVERING MOST 

OF ROWAN COUNTY. RAINFALL REMAINED HEAVIEST BETWEEN CHINA GROVE AND 

SALISBURY...WITH RADAR ESTIMATING AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

OVER THE TOWN CREEK AND GRANTS CREEK BASINS. PARTS OF OLD CONCORD 

ROAD REMAINED CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING 5 MILES SOUTH OF SALISBURY.



RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WEAKENING THROUGH LATE 

EVENING...BUT ADDITIONAL FLOODING COULD DEVELOP BETWEEN SALISBURY 

AND SPENCER. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 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 3551 8073 3549 8021 3564 8028 3574 8047

      3585 8069 3569 8076



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