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WGUS72 KGSP 050000

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

759 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2005



NCC159-050230-

ROWAN NC-

759 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR ROWAN

COUNTY...



AT 746 PM EDT...THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED THAT SEVERE URBAN 

FLOODING HAS OCCURRED IN AND AROUND SALISBURY.  CREEKS WERE REPORTED 

OUT OF THEIR BANKS ALSO...WITH SOME FLOODING OF YARDS AND BASEMENTS 

RESULTING.  ALSO...SEVERAL STREETS WERE CLOSED BECAUSE OF 

WATER...AND SOME PEOPLE HAD BEEN RESCUED FROM STALLED VEHICLES.  THE 

CORE OF THE STORM HAD DRIFTED SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST...AND WAS BETWEEN 

SALISBURY AND HIGH ROCK LAKE...WITH RAINFALL RATES BEGINNING TO 

DIMINISH SOMEWHAT AROUND SALISBURY.



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.



LAT...LON 3551 8073 3569 8076 3584 8071 3584 8065

      3578 8052 3578 8049 3574 8045 3571 8033

      3565 8030 3562 8025 3557 8021 3551 8019



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