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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1042 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2001



...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN TO CONTINUE IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST ROWAN 

COUNTY...



AT 1035 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAIN EXTENDING FROM WADESBORO TO SALISBURY...NORTHWEST TO SOUTHERN 

VIRGINIA...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. 

HOWEVER...REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS ALONG THE BACK EDGE MEANS THAT 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SAME AREAS FOR 

THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SO FAR THIS EVENING...THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD BEEN 

OBSERVED IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST ROWAN COUNTY...BETWEEN GOLD HILL AND 

POOLETOWN...SOUTHWARD TO THE BORDER WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY.



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST ROWAN COUNTY HAVE 

APPROACHED THREE INCHES SO FAR THIS EVENING. WITH MORE RAIN ON THE 

WAY...LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THIS SMALL SECTION OF ROWAN 

COUNTY MAY SURPASS FIVE INCHES BEFORE ENDING. THIS WILL BE MORE THAN 

ENOUGH TO SEND SHALLOW STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AND 

CREATE STANDING WATER ON ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. HIGHWAYS 

THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE DELUGE SO FAR THIS EVENING INCLUDE 

HIGHWAYS 8 AND 49.



IF RAINFALL INCREASES IN INTENSITY EVEN MORE...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

FOR SOUTHEAST ROWAN COUNTY MAY BECOME NECESSARY. IF YOU ENCOUNTER 

STANDING WATER...EVEN WATER YOU THINK IS SHALLOW...STOP DO NOT 

DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION...OR 

CABLE TELEVISION FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER 

SITUATION.

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