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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1132 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005



NCC109-040445-

LINCOLN NC-

1132 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR LINCOLN

COUNTY...



AT 1126 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

STREAMS AND FLOODED AREAS OF ROADS WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE.  

HOWEVER...HIGH WATER LINGERS AND MANY AREAS REMAIN FLOODED.



IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NOT FAR AWAY IN THE EXTREME 

NORTHERN PART OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY...AND COULD BUILD WEST INTO 

LINCOLN COUNTY.  IF THAT OCCURS...NEW FLASH FLOODING WOULD REDEVELOP 

QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY AROUND LINCOLNTON.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3555 8097 3539 8100 3540 8147 3558 8148



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