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WGUS72 KGSP 040343

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NCZ056-040500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1137 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001



...TORRENTIAL RAIN TO AFFECT EASTERN CATAWBA COUNTY THROUGH 1 AM...



AT 1137 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SLOWLY MOVING 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER EASTERN CATAWBA 

COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING NORTHEAST OF MAIDEN...NEAR 

ROUTE 16...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH 1 AM BEFORE THE 

THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATE.



STREAMS AND CREEKS EAST OF NEWTON...TO THE CATAWBA RIVER AND LAKE 

NORMAN...WILL SEE RAPID RISES AND COULD APPROACH BANKFULL. 

CONSIDERABLE STANDING WATER WILL ALSO DEVELOP ON ROADWAYS IN THE 

AFFECTED AREA.



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

ROADWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE SHOULD GET CAUGHT IN RISING 

WATER...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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