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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1242 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006



NCC119-160715-

MECKLENBURG NC-

1242 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EST FOR

MECKLENBURG COUNTY...



AT 1240 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

SHOW A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN AFFECTING MECKLENBURG 

COUNTY...ALTHOUGH RAINFALL RATES HAVE COME DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY

FROM LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. RADAR ESTIMATES...AND SURFACE 

OBSERVATIONS...REVEAL THAT ANYWHERE FROM ONE HALF INCH TO NEARLY ONE 

AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE COUNTY SINCE 

LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES REPORT THAT STATE STREET HAS BEEN 

CLOSED IN THE 600 BLOCK...DUE TO OVERFLOW FROM A TRIBUTARY 

OF STEWART CREEK. IN ADDITION...SEVERE PONDING OF WATER HAS BEEN

REPORTED FROM THE 200 BLOCK OF EAST 36TH STREET AND ALSO FROM 

BERRYHILL ROAD. 



FIRE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES INVESTIGATING THE UNIVERSITY 

APARTMENTS NEAR THE HEADWATERS OF STEWART CREEK COULD NOT

FIND ANY ONGOING FLOODING. HOWEVER...THIS FLOOD PRONE AREA WILL NEED 

TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY THROUGH THE END OF THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING...SINCE RISES ON STEWART CREEK ARE STILL POSSIBLE. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CENTER CITY

CHARLOTTE...UNC CHARLOTTE...PAW CREEK AND HUNTERSVILLE



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 3515 8099 3503 8082 3509 8071 3519 8057

      3527 8069 3548 8086 3532 8095



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