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WGUS72 KGSP 141449

FFSGSP

NCC119-141615-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1049 AM EDT SUN JUL 14 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 PM EDT FOR MECKLENBURG

COUNTY...



AT 1048 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW 

HEAVY RAIN OCCURING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF 

CHARLOTTE. AUTOMATED RIVER GAGES INDICATE THAT STREAMS ACROSS 

SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CHARLOTTE...ESPECIALLY THE LITTLE SUGAR 

CREEK...ARE RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL. 



MECKLENBURG COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS REPORTED THAT STANDING WATER ON 

AREA ROADS HAVE CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. 



DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS SUCH AS 

UNDERPASSES...AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT. CHILDREN 

SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM SMALL STREAMS AND STORM DRAINS. DO NOT 

CROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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