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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

530 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2008



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MECKLENBURG NC-

530 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR

CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY...



AT 522 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOWNTOWN 

CHARLOTTE...CROFT...AND MINT HILL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ON EAST SUGAR CREEK ROAD NEAR TRYON 

STREET. RAINFALL HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY...HOWEVER LITTLE SUGAR 

CREEK HAS CONTINUED TO RISE. THEREFORE...OTHER STREETS IN THE LITTLE 

SUGAR CREEK AREA ARE FLOODING OR WILL FLOOD IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS. 



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.



LAT...LON 3512 8067 3513 8100 3530 8100 3535 8094

      3535 8092 3537 8092 3537 8072 3533 8069

      3527 8066 3521 8055



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