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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

159 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2008



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CATAWBA NC-IREDELL NC-

159 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR 

CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IREDELL AND EASTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES...



AT 149 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER A LARGE PORTION 

OF CATAWBA COUNTY.



THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE 

PAST 2 HOURS WITH SOME ISOLATED AREAS RECEIVING EVEN MORE. REPORTS 

OF FLOODING ALONG HWY 16 JUST SOUTHEAST OF NEWTON HAVE BEEN REPORTED 

OVER THE PAST HOUR AS WELL AS ROAD FLOODING NORTH OF MAIDEN.     



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3580 8073 3555 8111 3556 8134 3568 8123

      3584 8099 3589 8070



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