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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

833 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2008



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UNION NC-

833 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EDT FOR

SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...



AT 824 AM EDT...UNION COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS 

CLOSED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN END OF THE COUNTY FROM NEAR WAXHAW TO 

STURDIVANTS LANDING. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

CONTINUED TO INDICATE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING 

EAST AT 10 MPH OVER THIS AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF UNION COUNTY OVER THE 

PAST 3 HOURS...AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN 

INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAINFALL TAPERS OFF STARTING AROUND 

9 AM.



FLOODING WILL BECOME MOST SIGNIFICANT AROUND LANES CREEK AND 

BEAVERDAM CREEK NORTH OF STURDIVANTS...AS WELL AS RICHARDSON CREEK 

AND CANE CREEK SOUTH OF MINERAL SPRINGS.



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.



LAT...LON 3481 8032 3481 8080 3488 8080 3489 8080

      3494 8079 3495 8081 3500 8081 3502 8029



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