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WGUS72 KGSP 120029

FFSGSP

NCZ057-072-120200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

827 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN TO CONTINUE OVER ROWAN AND 

CABARRUS COUNTIES...



AT 825 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SALISBURY TO CONCORD TO THE MECKLENBURG 

COUNTY LINE. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT THIS LINE OF STORMS IS PRODUCING 2 

TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN AN HOUR. THIS WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES OF 

CREEKS IN THESE COUNTIES...AND WELL AS PONDING OF WATER IN POOR 

DRAINAGE AREAS.



THE LINE WAS ORIENTED ALONG INTERSTATE 40...WHICH WILL RESULT IN 

GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES ALONG THE INTERSTATE. THE STORMS ARE 

SLOWLY MOVING TO THE EAST. HOWEVER...IF FURTHER REDEVELOPMENT 

OCCURS...PARTICULARLY OVER WESTERN ROWAN COUNTY...WHERE IN EXCESS OF 

4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS EVENING...THEN FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS 

MAY BE NEEDED.



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