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000 

WGUS72 KGSP 311501

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1100 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006



NCC119-311900-

MECKLENBURG NC-

1100 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR 

MECKLENBURG COUNTY...



AT 1100 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING THROUGH THE 

CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA. RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL RATES AROUND 

1/4 INCH PER HOUR...AND THESE RATES WILL LIKELY INCREASE TO 1/2 INCH 

PER HOUR INTO THE AFTERNOON.



FLOODING HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPORTED ALONG JOHN PRICE ROAD OFF 

CAROWINDS BOULEVARD IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE COUNTY. THE 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA COULD ALLOW ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING TO OCCUR ALONG STEELE AND LITTLE SUGAR CREEKS...AND 

POSSIBLY WORSEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN 

REPORTED ALONG SIX MILE CREEK IN THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE 

COUNTY...AND THIS FLOODING WILL ALSO LIKELY WORSEN THROUGH THE 

AFTERNOON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



LAT...LON 3512 8098 3508 8082 3519 8063 3545 8087



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000 

WGUS72 KGSP 311501

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1100 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006



NCC119-311900-

MECKLENBURG NC-

1100 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR 

MECKLENBURG COUNTY...



AT 1100 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING THROUGH THE 

CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA. RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL RATES AROUND 

1/4 INCH PER HOUR...AND THESE RATES WILL LIKELY INCREASE TO 1/2 INCH 

PER HOUR INTO THE AFTERNOON.



FLOODING HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPORTED ALONG JOHN PRICE ROAD OFF 

CAROWINDS BOULEVARD IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE COUNTY. THE 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA COULD ALLOW ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING TO OCCUR ALONG STEELE AND LITTLE SUGAR CREEKS...AND 

POSSIBLY WORSEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN 

REPORTED ALONG SIX MILE CREEK IN THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE 

COUNTY...AND THIS FLOODING WILL ALSO LIKELY WORSEN THROUGH THE 

AFTERNOON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



LAT...LON 3512 8098 3508 8082 3519 8063 3545 8087



$$



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