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WGUS72 KGSP 100118

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

917 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007



NCC025-119-100200-

CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-

917 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007



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

CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES...



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS NORTHERN MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN 

CABARRUS COUNTIES INDICATE SEVERAL CLOSED ROADS DUE TO FLOODING. 

ADDITIONAL ROADS IN THE CROFT...HARRISBURG...AND THE AREAS 

SURROUNDING THE CONCORD REGIONAL AIRPORT AND LOWES MOTOR SPEEDWAY 

MAY SEE ADDITIONAL FLOODING BY 10 PM. LEVELS OF THE ROCKY 

RIVER...CLARKE CREEK...MALLARD CREEK...AND MCDOWELL CREEK MAY 

CONTINUE TO RISE AS RUNOFF CONTINUES. IN ADDITION...A FEW LIGHT 

SHOWERS MAY LINGER OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOWES MOTOR

SPEEDWAY...KANNAPOLIS...HUNTERSVILLE...DAVIDSON AND CORNELIUS



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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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