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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME STAMP

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

321 AM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



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MCDOWELL NC-

321 AM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN

MCDOWELL COUNTY...



SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE AREA 

THROUGH 4 AM. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. 



LAT...LON 3606 8140 3599 8132 3603 8124 3604 8102

      3599 8100 3580 8108 3582 8117 3579 8134

      3560 8150 3569 8184 3577 8192 3595 8184

      3597 8180 3605 8172 3612 8154



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NCC003-023-027-040815-

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

ALEXANDER NC-BURKE NC-CALDWELL NC-

321 AM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



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

CALDWELL...BURKE AND ALEXANDER COUNTIES...



AT 251 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

ANOTHER AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. 

THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN CALDWELL AND NORTHERN ALEXANDER COUNTIES 

SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ONGOING 

FLOODING TO PERSIST...AND MAY CAUSE NEW FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE 

NORTHERN PART OF THE WARNED AREA.   



THE MAIN STREAMS OF CONCERN WILL BE POPLAR CREEK AND LOWER LITTLE 

RIVER NEAR THE CALDWELL AND ALEXANDER COUNTY LINE. OTHER CREEKS 

AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOWER CREEK AND GUNPOWDER 

CREEK NEAR THE BURKE AND CALDWELL COUNTY LINE.   



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3606 8140 3599 8132 3603 8124 3604 8102

      3599 8100 3580 8108 3582 8117 3579 8134

      3560 8150 3569 8184 3577 8192 3595 8184

      3597 8180 3605 8172 3612 8154



$$

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