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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

917 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 PM EST FOR ALEXANDER

AND CATAWBA COUNTIES...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAINFALL 

ACROSS ALEXANDER AND CATAWBA COUNTIES AT 915 AM.  MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAIN WAS OCCURRING FROM TAYLORSVILLE SOUTH TO CONOVER... MAIDEN... 

AND SHERRILLS FORD.  RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AS MUCH 

AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ACCUMULATED OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING IN 

THE WARNING AREA.  SOME CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS WERE COMING OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN ALEXANDER 

COUNTY.



THE RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY FOR A WHILE DURING THE MID 

MORNING.  HOWEVER... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH THE NOON HOUR WILL 

CONTINUE THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE FLOODING



DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD

BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE

SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR 

TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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