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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1143 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



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ALEXANDER NC-MCDOWELL NC-BURKE NC-CALDWELL NC-

1143 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



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

CALDWELL...BURKE...MCDOWELL AND ALEXANDER COUNTIES...



AT 1138 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER MOST OF THE WARNING 

AREA...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MCDOWELL COUNTY WHERE HEAVY SHOWERS HAD 

TEMPORARILY ENDED. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING ALONG AND 

EAST OF A LINE FROM MORGANTON TO LENIOR AND ACROSS MOST OF ALEXANDER 

COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH AN HOUR WILL BE 

COMMON IN THIS AREA...AND SOME LOCATIONS WILL SEE MORE.  



ALEXANDER COUNTY REPORTED THAT WHITE CREEK HAD FLOODED AND CLOSED 

HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY. WATER WAS 

REPORTED TO BE APPROACHING AT LEAST ONE HOME IN THIS AREA AS WELL. 

OTHER STREAMS ARE LIKELY TO LEAVE THEIR BANKS ALONG THE 

ALEXANDER...CALDWELL COUNTY LINE IF THE RAIN CONTINUES.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



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LAT...LON 3612 8153 3606 8140 3600 8132 3603 8125

      3604 8102 3599 8100 3580 8108 3582 8117

      3579 8134 3560 8150 3560 8212 3570 8227

      3574 8218 3584 8210 3587 8199 3594 8196

      3600 8189 3596 8181 3605 8173 3609 8175



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