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WGUS72 KGSP 281551

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1150 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005



NCC071-281815-

GASTON NC-

1150 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR GASTON

COUNTY...



AT 1145 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED MODERATE TO 

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER THE EASTERN PART OF GASTON COUNTY...AND 

ANOTHER BATCH IN YORK COUNTY MOVING INTO GASTON.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

STANLEY...MOUNT HOLLY...LOWELL...DALLAS...CHERRYVILLE AND BESSEMER 

CITY.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND BEST CHANCE OF FLOODING WILL BE AROUND 

BELMONT AND MOUNT HOLLY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED IN THE 

WARNED AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3518 8133 3516 8117 3516 8106 3538 8099

      3540 8124 3540 8140



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