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WGUS72 KGSP 270958

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

558 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



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CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-

558 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EDT FOR

MECKLENBURG AND CABARRUS COUNTIES...



AT 555 AM EDT...LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WIDESPREAD FLOODING 

WAS STILL TAKING PLACE ACROSS MECKLENBURG AND CABARRUS COUNTIES. 

ANOTHER LINE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA...DROPPING UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL FROM 

MATTTHEWS NORTH TO KANNAPOLIS...AND LOCATIONS EASTWARD. 



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING

FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.



LAT...LON 3519 8050 3520 8054 3507 8071 3504 8079

      3507 8091 3510 8093 3508 8096 3510 8103

      3514 8103 3518 8100 3530 8100 3534 8097

      3535 8092 3537 8098 3540 8095 3551 8095

      3549 8030



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