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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

904 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001



...TORRENTIAL RAIN IN EASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY...



AT 900 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN EXTREME EASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY...IN 

THE MINT HILL AREA. RAPID RISES ALONG IRVINS AND MCALPINE CREEKS CAN 

EXPECTED WITH THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS. 



ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL CROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 9 AND 930 

PM...RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY 

BE NEEDED FOR EASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IF THESE RAINFALL RATES 

CONTINUE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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