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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1027 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006



NCC159-050345-

ROWAN NC-

1027 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR

CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTY...



AT 1018 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAVE WEAKENED AND 

MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...NEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

DEVELOPING SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA AND MOVING TOWARDS THE BASINS WHICH 

HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED AN ESTIMATED 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS 

EVENING.  



A NEWSPAPER COMPANY IN SALISBURY HAS REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE THAT FLOODING HAS BLOCKED STOKES FERRY ROAD. IT IS 

NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME WHETHER THIS FLOODING WAS CAUSED BY CREEK 

FLOODING....BUT IT IS SUSPECTED THAT CHURCH CREEK COULD HAVE FLOODED 

OUT OF ITS BANKS.     



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTHERN 

SALISBURY...FAITH AND GRANITE QUARRY. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER

SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL

FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.



LAT...LON 3551 8056 3553 8037 3567 8033 3563 8048



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