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WGUS72 KGSP 060226

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1018 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006



NCC025-060400-

CABARRUS NC-

1018 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR

WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTY...



AT 1009 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER CABARRUS COUNTY. ONLY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS 

WERE FALLING OVER WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF 

HARRISBURG...WHERE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL LED TO FLOODING EARLIER THIS 

EVENING. MUCH HEAVIER SHOWERS WERE TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR ROCKY RIVER

AND WERE MOVING WEST...APPROACHING HARRISBURG.



AT LEAST THREE REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THUS FAR. A 

NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREA DURING HEAVY RAIN...WHERE ROCKY RIVER 

INTERSECTS PHARR MILLS ROAD...FLOODED. IN ADDITION...FLOODING CLOSED 

THE INTERSECTION OF MOOREHEAD ROAD AND HUDSPETH DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE 

DURING SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING ALSO OCCURRED AT CALDWELL ROAD 

AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS...ALTHOUGH THE SOURCE OF FLOODING AT THE 

THIRD LOCATION IS UNKNOWN. 



SOME RISES MAY STILL OCCUR ON CREEKS IN THE VICINITY OF HARRISBURG AS

HEAVY RAIN MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTHEAST...OR AS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY 

RAIN UPSTREAM REACHES THE HARRISBURG AREA LATER THIS EVENING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HARRISBURG.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3525 8065 3523 8052 3528 8052 3540 8060

      3540 8074



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000 

WGUS72 KGSP 060226

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1018 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006



NCC025-060400-

CABARRUS NC-

1018 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR

WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTY...



AT 1009 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER CABARRUS COUNTY. ONLY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS 

WERE FALLING OVER WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF 

HARRISBURG...WHERE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL LED TO FLOODING EARLIER THIS 

EVENING. MUCH HEAVIER SHOWERS WERE TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR ROCKY RIVER

AND WERE MOVING WEST...APPROACHING HARRISBURG.



AT LEAST THREE REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THUS FAR. A 

NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREA DURING HEAVY RAIN...WHERE ROCKY RIVER 

INTERSECTS PHARR MILLS ROAD...FLOODED. IN ADDITION...FLOODING CLOSED 

THE INTERSECTION OF MOOREHEAD ROAD AND HUDSPETH DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE 

DURING SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING ALSO OCCURRED AT CALDWELL ROAD 

AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS...ALTHOUGH THE SOURCE OF FLOODING AT THE 

THIRD LOCATION IS UNKNOWN. 



SOME RISES MAY STILL OCCUR ON CREEKS IN THE VICINITY OF HARRISBURG AS

HEAVY RAIN MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTHEAST...OR AS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY 

RAIN UPSTREAM REACHES THE HARRISBURG AREA LATER THIS EVENING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HARRISBURG.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3525 8065 3523 8052 3528 8052 3540 8060

      3540 8074



$$



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