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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

909 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



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GASTON NC-CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-YORK SC-

909 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN YORK...MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS AND EASTERN GASTON

COUNTIES...



AT 904 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE 

SOUTH. MOST OF THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA HAS RECEIVED OVER ONE 

HALF INCH OF RAIN THIS EVENING...WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES BETWEEN 

CHARLOTTE AND ROCK HILL. ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF INTO STREAMS 

AND CREEKS...CAUSING WATER LEVELS TO RISE RAPIDLY.



WIDESPREAD URBAN FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM ROCK HILL...TO 

CHARLOTTE...TO CONCORD.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



&&



LAT...LON 3525 8045 3519 8053 3520 8054 3503 8076

      3500 8084 3505 8089 3498 8089 3493 8101

      3509 8124 3540 8097 3540 8095 3551 8087

      3541 8049 3530 8042



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