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000 

WGUS72 KGSP 160353

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1147 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2006



NCC025-119-160445-

MECKLENBURG NC-CABARRUS NC-

1153 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2006



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

CABARRUS AND MECKLENBURG COUNTIES...



AT 1150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAINFALL HAS DECREASED OVER NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND 

CABARRUS COUNTY...BUT HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER SOUTHERN 

MECKLENBURG COUNTY. ALTHOUGH FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING IN CABARRUS 

COUNTY...URBAN FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED IN MECKLENBURG 

COUNTY...WHERE SEVERAL LANES OF INTERSTATE 85 WERE UNDER WATER NEAR 

BROOKSHIRE FREEWAY.



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

CREEK...BRIAR CREEK...MALLARD CREEK...AND THE 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 ATTEMPT TO 

DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



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 160353

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1147 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2006



NCC025-119-160445-

MECKLENBURG NC-CABARRUS NC-

1153 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2006



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

CABARRUS AND MECKLENBURG COUNTIES...



AT 1150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAINFALL HAS DECREASED OVER NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND 

CABARRUS COUNTY...BUT HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER SOUTHERN 

MECKLENBURG COUNTY. ALTHOUGH FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING IN CABARRUS 

COUNTY...URBAN FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED IN MECKLENBURG 

COUNTY...WHERE SEVERAL LANES OF INTERSTATE 85 WERE UNDER WATER NEAR 

BROOKSHIRE FREEWAY.



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

CREEK...BRIAR CREEK...MALLARD CREEK...AND THE 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 ATTEMPT TO 

DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



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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