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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

930 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006



NCC159-050245-

ROWAN NC-

930 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTY...



AT 930 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE THUNDERSTORM PREVIOUSLY PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE 

SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE COUNTY HAD LARGELY DISSIPATED. 

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN IREDELL 

COUNTY MAY DRIFT OVER THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



RADAR INDICATES THAT NEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN LOCATIONS JUST 

NORTHWEST OF ENOCHVILLE IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. FLOODING HAS BEEN 

REPORTED ALONG WRIGHT ROAD IN THE VICINITY OF PARK CREEK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT 

NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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 3547 8080 3547 8058 3565 8058 3565 8080



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