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WGUS72 KGSP 012336

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

735 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005



NCC119-020100-

MECKLENBURG NC-

735 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005



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

COUNTY...



AT 730 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED EAST 

OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY.  HOWEVER...SOME SEVERE URBAN FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED...AND THE HIGH WATER WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO RECEDE.  A 

NUMBER OF RESCUES WERE REPORTED EARLIER...AND WATER WAS REPORTED 2 

TO 3 FEET DEEP IN SOME INTERSECTIONS.  A SPOTTER REPORTED THAT 

MCALPINE CREEK WAS ABOUT TO FLOOD.  THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL 

CONTINUE UNTIL EXPIRATION BECAUSE OF THE LINGERING THREAT FROM HIGH 

WATER.



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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