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WGUS72 KGSP 102003

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NCZ057-102200-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

403 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001



...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTY...



AT 400 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF ROWAN COUNTY...BETWEEN 

CHINA GROVE AND LANDIS...OVER THE PAST HOUR. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 

INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA.



AS THIS IS A FAIRLY URBANIZED AREA...SOME DEEP PONDING OF WATER IN 

POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY. THE VISIBILITY WILL ALSO FALL TO NEAR 

ZERO IN THE HEAVY RAIN...MAKING TRAVEL ON HIGHWAY 29 TREACHEROUS.



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