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WGUS72 KGSP 110702

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NCZ071-072-082-110800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

301 AM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



...LOCAL FLOODING POSSIBLE IN PART OF THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT...



JUST BEFORE 3 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A COMPLEX OF 

THUNDERSTORMS...WITH NEARLY CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL...BETWEEN CONCORD AND MONROE.  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 

RAINFALL RATES IN THIS AREA OF STORMS WERE AS HIGH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES 

PER HOUR...POSSIBLY EVEN HIGHER IN VERY SMALL AREAS.



SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL BETWEEN 2 AM AND 230 AM AROUND 

MONROE.  ANOTHER POSSIBLE TROUBLE SPOT WAS AROUND MIDLAND...WHERE 

STORMS WERE AGAIN ADDING MORE RAIN TO LOCATIONS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY 

RAIN AROUND 1 AM. EXTREME EASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY HAD ALSO 

RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN.



COMMUNICATION CENTERS IN BOTH CABARRUS AND UNION COUNTIES REPORTED 

POWER OUTAGES FROM THE LIGHTNING...AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS.  

IF THE HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BECOME 

NECESSARY FOR PART OF THE AREA MENTIONED.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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JONES

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