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WGUS72 KGSP 160240

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1036 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2006



NCC025-119-160445-

MECKLENBURG NC-CABARRUS NC-

1041 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR

CABARRUS AND MECKLENBURG COUNTIES...



AT 1040 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN A LITTLE MORE THAN 

ONE HOUR. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF URBAN FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LITTLE SUGAR 

CREEK...MALLARD CREEK...STONY CREEK...BRIAR CREEK...AND ROCKY RIVER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS 

WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE OVER 

WATER COVERED ROADS.



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 3516 8101 3502 8082 3549 8032 3550 8093



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000 

WGUS72 KGSP 160240

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1036 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2006



NCC025-119-160445-

MECKLENBURG NC-CABARRUS NC-

1041 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR

CABARRUS AND MECKLENBURG COUNTIES...



AT 1040 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN A LITTLE MORE THAN 

ONE HOUR. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF URBAN FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LITTLE SUGAR 

CREEK...MALLARD CREEK...STONY CREEK...BRIAR CREEK...AND ROCKY RIVER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS 

WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE OVER 

WATER COVERED ROADS.



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 3516 8101 3502 8082 3549 8032 3550 8093



$$



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