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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

554 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008



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CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-

554 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR

NORTHERN MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES...



AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN 

MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES WILL 

DECREASE RAPIDLY THROUGH 7 PM. HOWEVER...ONGOING RUNOFF WILL 

CONTINUE TO FILL INTO NEARBY STREAM AND CREEKS. 



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OCCURRED BETWEEN UNC CHARLOTTE AND HARRISBURG 

THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS NEAR MALLARD AND STONEY 

CREEKS WILL BE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ALONG BROWNE...HUBBARD...DAVID 

TAYLOR...AND MALLARD CREEK CHURCH ROADS.



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.



LAT...LON 3522 8076 3535 8093 3535 8092 3537 8094

      3550 8093 3550 8057 3531 8053



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