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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1202 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2008



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CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-

1202 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR

MECKLENBURG AND CABARRUS COUNTIES...



AT 1154 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A BATCH OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING 

QUICKLY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH ACTIVITY BECOMING MORE 

SCATTERED WEST OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY. THIS TREND WOULD INDICATE 

GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IN LINGERING FLOODING AND OR HIGH WATER 

CONDITIONS INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.



THE ONLY REPORTS OF ROAD CLOSURES IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY WERE

ONE OR TWO SPOTS ALONG NORTH TRYON...WHILE SEVERAL ROADS ACROSS

WESTERN AND SOUTHERN CABARRUS COUNTY REMAIN CLOSED WITH

SEVERAL STREAMS STILL OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS EVENING WERE IMPRESSIVE...WITH AUTOMATED

RAIN GAUGES AND RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATING A LARGE SWATH OF 3 TO 5

INCHES OF RAIN FROM CONCORD SOUTH TO NEAR MIDLAND. WITH ONE

AND ONE HALF TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHSIDE OF 

CHARLOTTE AND ACROSS MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3519 8050 3520 8054 3514 8064 3515 8102

      3534 8098 3535 8092 3537 8094 3537 8097

      3540 8095 3543 8096 3545 8094 3550 8094

      3551 8062 3533 8041

TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 180DEG 0KT 3529 8092



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