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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

742 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006



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GASTON NC-

742 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN

GASTON COUNTY...



AT 742 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING NORTHERN GASTON COUNTY HAD 

MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 

REPORT NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE 

COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF HIGH SHOALS. DUE TO THE 

LINGERING DANGERS OF HIGH WATER CONDITIONS AND SWOLLEN CREEKS...THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE UNTIL EXPIRATION AT 

830 PM.



BE VERY CAUTIOUS DRIVING IN NORTHERN GASTON COUNTY THIS EVENING. DO 

NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.



LAT...LON 3533 8099 3524 8102 3524 8106 3531 8136

      3533 8136 3539 8143 3541 8143 3539 8096

      3537 8098 3535 8093



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