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WGUS72 KGSP 302231

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

630 PM EDT THU MAY 30 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MECKLENBURG COUNTY UNTIL 745 

PM...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ALL 

ACROSS MECKLENBURG COUNTY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE EXTREME EASTERN...AND 

WESTERN...HALVES OF THE COUNTY. AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE AT BERRYHILL 

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL...IN WESTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY...REPORTED 3.1 

INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ANOTHER GAGE AT BELLE 

OAKS FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTING 2.3 INCHES. PINEY GROVE ELEMENTARY 

SCHOOL REPORTED 1.8 INCHES OF RAIN. OVER AN INCH OF RAIN FELL AT 

CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BETWEEN 5 PM AND 6 PM.



STANDING WATER AND NUISANCE FLOODING WAS ON THE INCREASE DURING THE 

RUSH HOUR ACROSS MECKLENBURG COUNTY. CHARLOTTE POLICE REPORT 

STANDING WATER AT THE INTERSECTION OF FREEDOM AND ASHLEY IN DOWNTOWN

CHARLOTTE...AND OVER A FOOT OF WATER WAS COVERING MONROE ROAD ON THE

EASTERN SIDE OF THE CITY. MATTHEWS POLICE WERE DIRECTING 

TRAFFIC AROUND STANDING WATER ON SAM NEWELL ROAD NEAR CROWN POINT.



THE SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL ONLY SLOWLY WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE 

OF HOURS...AND THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR NEW FLOODING TO BEGIN...OR 

FOR ONGOING NUISANCE FLOODING TO BECOME MORE SEVERE. 



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

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

GROUND. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CAN BE SWEPT AWAY BY A FEW

FEET OF WATER.



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