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WGUS72 KGSP 100208

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1005 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007



NCC025-119-100215-

CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-

1005 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN 

CABARRUS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...



RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES 

TAPERED OFF AROUND 9 PM. RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL HAS HAD TIME TO 

MAKE IT TO NEARBY STREAMS AND CREEKS. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 

ACROSS NORTHERN MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES INDICATE 

SEVERAL CLOSED ROADS DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. ALTHOUGH SOME AREAS MAY 

REMAIN FLOODED THIS EVENING...ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS NO LONGER 

EXPECTED.  



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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