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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1056 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



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MECKLENBURG NC-YORK SC-

1056 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR

EASTERN YORK AND SOUTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTIES...



AT 1049 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN 

MOVING ACROSS THE AREA.



FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG PARAHAN ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 49 IN YORK 

COUNTY AT 1049 AM. A BRIDGE WAS REPORTED TO BE UNDERWATER AT THAT 

LOCATION.



AT 1049 AM... STEELE CREEK WAS APPROACHING FLOOD STAGE.  OTHER 

CREEKS THAT WERE APPROACHING FLOOD STAGE ARE SUGAR AND LITTLE SUGAR 

CREEKS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CABARRUS AND 

NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING

FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH

CAROLINA.



LAT...LON 3486 8127 3506 8128 3515 8105 3515 8102

      3523 8098 3533 8076 3513 8073



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