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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1113 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005



NCC159-040415-

ROWAN NC-

1113 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR ROWAN 

COUNTY...



AT 1101 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF ROWAN COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN WAS CENTERED AROUND ENOCHVILLE...IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER.  

SOME OF THE HEAVY RAIN AROUND CHINA GROVE HAD TAPERED OFF...BUT 

RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AS MUCH AS 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL THERE 

TODAY AND TONIGHT.  RADAR ALSO SHOWED HEAVY RAIN INCREASING IN THE 

EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY...AROUND HIGH ROCK. THIS RAIN WAS 

BUILDING TO THE WEST...AND COULD MOVE INTO THE ROCKWELL AND GRANITE 

QUARRY AREAS...INCREASING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING THERE.



FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN RESPONDING TO SOME FLASH FLOODING IN THE 

SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.  AT THIS HOUR...IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER 

CREEKS ARE FLOODING ROADS IN SOME PLACES...OR IF DEEP WATER IS 

PONDING IN LOW PLACES ON THE ROADS.  MOST LIKELY...SOME OF EACH TYPE 

OF FLOODING HAS OCCURRED.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS...OR 

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED BRIDGES OR THOSE WHICH HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY 

HIGH WATER...OR WHEN VEHICLES ARE CAUGHT IN RAPDILY RISING WATER.  

TRAVEL ACROSS SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTY TONIGHT WILL BE EXTREMELY 

HAZARDOUS.



LAT...LON 3566 8074 3549 8072 3551 8025 3565 8032



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