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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1026 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007



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MECKLENBURG NC-

1026 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY...



AT 1023 PM EDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS 

OBSERVED IN SEVERAL AREAS OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY.



ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE TO CAUSE WATERS TO RISE...ESPECIALLY IN POORLY DRAINED 

AREAS.



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 3505 8075 3518 8056 3534 8069 3533 8079



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