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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

955 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL NOON EST FOR IREDELL... 

DAVIE...ROWAN...MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS... AND UNION COUNTIES IN 

NORTH CAROLINA...



THE INTERSTATE 77 AND INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDORS FROM THE CHARLOTTE 

METRO AREA NORTH ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA WILL CONTINUE 

TO EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN DURING THE REMAINDER 

OF THE MORNING.  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE 

REPORTED A NUMBER OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT ARE OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS.  WATER HAS ALSO COLLECTED IN AREAS THAT COMMONLY EXPERIENCE 

POOR DRAINAGE DURING PERIODS OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.



IN CABARRUS COUNTY... POPLAR TENT ROAD AT COX MILL IS WASHED OUT 

ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN NORTHERN DAVIE COUNTY DURING THE NIGHT AND THIS MORNING.



NO MAJOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE.  

CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE CITY ARE STILL FLOWING WITHIN THEIR 

BANKS... BUT THE LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE. SINCE 300 AM APPROXIMATELY 

2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A BAND EXTENDING FROM THE CITY OF 

CHARLOTTE NORTHEAST ACROSS HUNTERSVILLE AND NEWELL TO NEAR 

HARRISBURG IN CABARRUS COUNTY. 



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.



KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO 

NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION.



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