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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

755 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007



NCC025-119-100200-

CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-

755 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR

MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES...



AT 750 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER NORTHERN 

MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES. AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES 

INDICATE THAT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT OEHLER FARM AND 

HORNETS NEST ELEMENTARY IN NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY. DOPPLER 

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT A LARGE AREA FROM CROFT TO 

LOWES MOTOR SPEEDWAY HAS RECEIVED AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN. PERIODS 

OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN OVER NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY 

THROUGH 9 PM. HOWEVER...RAINFALL RATES OVER WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTY 

WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH 830 PM.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KANNAPOLIS...

HUNTERSVILLE...DAVIDSON AND CORNELIUS



THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE CLARK CREEK AND THE ROCKY RIVER TO 

RISE RAPIDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE SHALLOW FLOODING OF ROADWAYS. SOME 

ROADS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING IN THE CLARK CREEK AREA ARE 

BROWNE...ASBURY CHAPEL...ABEFIELD AND BLACK BELT ROADS. IN THE ROCKY 

RIVER AREA...ROADS THAT WILL BE PRONE TO FLOODING INCLUDE EAST ROCKY 

RIVER...POPLAR TENT AND GREY ROADS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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 3510 8096 3509 8071 3549 8059 3550 8081

      3550 8094



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