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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

717 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009



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MCDOWELL NC-

717 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR

MCDOWELL COUNTY...



AT 708 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MANY CREEKS 

WERE AT OR JUST ABOVE BANKFULL. THE CATAWBA RIVER WAS ALSO REPORTED 

TO BE AT BANKFULL.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY 

RAINFALL WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY. 

HOWEVER...RAINFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR COULD CONTINUE 

THROUGH 745 PM. WITH MANY AREAS CLOSE TO FLOOD CONDITIONS...PERSONS 

SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS AND TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING DEVELOPS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



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LAT...LON 3593 8193 3582 8197 3580 8199 3571 8187

      3557 8182 3553 8203 3555 8223 3556 8226

      3569 8228 3572 8221 3578 8216 3585 8205

      3587 8199 3590 8199



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