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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

645 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005



NCC119-020100-

MECKLENBURG NC-

645 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR MECKLENBURG

COUNTY...



AT 645 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH 

FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF MECKLENBURG 

COUNTY. 

 

HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN 

AREA.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING 

WILL BE CONCENTRATED EAST OF I-77 AND SOUTHEAST OF I-85.  THIS 

INCLUDES MATTHEWS... MINT HILL... AND THE AREA JUST EAST OF 

PINEVILLE.



SATELLITE RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN FELL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING IN PORTIONS 

OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY.



THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO THE EAST AT 5 TO 10 

MPH... SO THE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ENDING AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES.



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.



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 3505 8104 3511 8093 3501 8083 3519 8056

      3526 8067 3533 8069 3539 8076 3543 8088



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