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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1117 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006



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UNION NC-

1117 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR UNION

COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...



AT 1115 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED BANDS

OF SHOWERS...AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTHWEST INTO

THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL RATES HAVE

SLOWLY DIMINISHED THROUGH LATE MORNING...WITH RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR 

LESS IN THE WESTERN PART OF UNION COUNTY SINCE 8 AM...AND RAINFALL OF

AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF FROM MARSHVILLE AND WINGATE...SOUTH

TO STURDIVANTS AND THE CHESTERFIELD AND ANSON COUNTY LINES.

THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE...ALTHOUGH THERE MAY ALSO BE BRIEF BREAKS IN THE MORE 

SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL.



STREAMS AND CREEKS REMAIN ELEVATED IN WESTERN UNION 

COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ALONG TWELVE MILE...AND SIX MILE...CREEKS...AS 

WELL AS ALONG MARVIN BRANCH. FLOODING PROMPTED THE CLOSURE OF NEW 

TOWN ROAD AT ITS JUNCTION WITH TWELVE MILE CREEK. THIS PART OF 

TWELVE MILE CREEK HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR MOST OF THE MORNING. WATER 

LEVELS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...AS ROUNDS OF 

MODERATE RAIN MOVE INTO THE BASIN. EARLIER...BEULAH CHURCH ROAD WAS 

ALSO FLOODED ALONG A STRETCH OF TWELVE MILE CREEK BUT DEPARTMENT OF 

TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS REPORTED A SLOW IMPROVEMENT OF THE FLOOD 

WATERS IN THAT PARTICULAR STRETCH OF TWELVE MILE CREEK. 



ELSEWHERE...OFFICIALS WERE CLEANING UP DEBRIS FROM APPARENT FLOODING 

EARLIER ALONG MARVIN BRANCH AT JOE KERR ROAD...SOUTHWEST OF

WEDDINGTON...NEAR THE MECKLENBURG COUNTY LINE. MOTORISTS SHOULD 

EXPECT DELAYS IN THAT AREA AS THE CLEANUP CONTINUES. MARVIN ROAD HAS 

BEEN CLOSED IN EASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH SIX 

MILE CREEK. WESTBOUND MOTORISTS ON MARVIN ROAD SHOULD EXPECT DELAYS 

AND ARE URGED TO FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES TO AVOID THAT FLOODED AREA.



IN EASTERN UNION COUNTY...STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE ALSO ELEVATED IN 

BUT NO FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING HAS YET BEEN REPORTED. 

HOWEVER...IT IS THE EASTERN PART OF UNION COUNTY THAT SEEMS THE MOST 

SUSCEPTIBLE TO NEW FLOODING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...SINCE THAT

AREA WILL SEE THE GREATEST...AND HEAVIEST...RAINFALL.



ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

FAIRVIEW...STALLINGS...AND STURDIVANTS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. STREAMS AND CREEKS

IN UNION COUNTY WILL LIKELY REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.



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.



LAT...LON 3482 8080 3483 8033 3518 8029 3520 8054

      3500 8082 3494 8078



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