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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

655 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008



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CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-

655 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008



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

CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND WEST CENTRAL CABARRUS COUNTIES...



AT 651 PM EDT...RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND 

WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTY HAS ENDED. RAINFALL RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO 

DRAIN INTO NEARBY STREAMS AND CREEKS. AT 645...AN AUTOMATED RIVER 

GAGE ON MALLARD CREEK NEAR HARRISBURG INDICATED A STAGE NEAR 11.7 

FEET. PAST EVENTS INDICATE THAT FLOODING MAY OCCUR DOWNSTREAM ALONG 

MALLARD CREEK WHEN THE STAGE REACHES 11 FEET. THEREFORE...PERSONS 

LIVING OR TRAVELING NEAR MALLARD CREEK BETWEEN UNC CHARLOTTE AND 

HARRISBURG SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING.



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 3531 8053 3522 8076 3529 8083 3540 8077

      3544 8065



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