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WGUS72 KGSP 270616

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

216 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



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GASTON NC-CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-LINCOLN NC-

216 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT FOR

LINCOLN...MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS AND GASTON COUNTIES...



AT 212 AM EDT...COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS REPORTED FLOODED AND

CLOSED ROADS AND EVEN SOME EVACUATIONS IN CHERRYVILLE IN

GASTON COUNTY. 



WIDESPREAD HEAVY SHOWERS...PRODUCING ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN

ARE EXPECTED THROUGH ABOUT 3 AM BEFORE ACTIVITY BECOMES

MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE. EVEN AS THE RAIN DIMINISHES...

LINGERING HIGH WATER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO LINGER INTO THE 

PRE-DAWN HOURS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3549 8033 3519 8051 3520 8054 3505 8074

      3501 8084 3510 8093 3505 8102 3506 8105

      3511 8103 3515 8105 3518 8128 3556 8150

      3554 8095 3551 8095



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