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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

957 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003



...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING IN THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR MECKLENBURG AND YORK COUNTIES 

UNTIL 1130 PM...



AT 955 PM...WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS LINED UP ALONG...AND SOUTH...OF INTERSTATE 85...FROM 

HARRISBURG...THROUGH CHARLOTTE...SOUTHWEST TO HICKORY GROVE IN 

NORTHERN YORK COUNTY. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING RAIN 

AT THE RATE OF NEARLY 2 INCHES PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY IN 

CHARLOTTE...AND NEAR HICKORY GROVE. 



A MAJOR URBAN FLOODING EVENT WAS UNFOLDING IN CHARLOTTE. SEVERAL 

AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES IN...AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE...OF CHARLOTTE 

REPORTED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 7 PM AND 930 

PM...BOTH IN THE VICINITY OF FREEDOM PARK. THE AIRPORT RECEIVED 1.28 

INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9 PM. 



COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY REPORT EVERY MAJOR 

THOROUGHFARE HAS BEEN AT LEAST PARTIALLY SHUT DOWN BY HIGH 

WATER...INCLUDING STRETCHES OF SOUTH TRYON STREET AND INDEPENDENCE 

BOULEVARD. ADDITIONAL URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY AS THE BAND OF STORMS 

SHIFTS SLOWLY EASTWARD. EVACUATIONS WERE OCCURRING AT THE DORAL 

APARTMENTS ON MONROE ROAD...NEAR INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD. ANOTHER 

INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE RAINFALL ENDS. 



STREAM FLOODING COULD ALSO DEVELOP IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY. EXTREMELY 

RAPID RISES WERE OCCURRING LATE SATURDAY EVENING ON STREAMS. STEWART 

CREEK AT WEST MOREHEAD STREET IN CHARLOTTE HAD RISEN NEARLY 10 FEET 

THIS EVENING...AND WAS CLOSING IN ON 13 FEET. FLOOD STAGE AT THIS 

LOCATION IS 14 FEET. IN ADDITION...LITTLE HOPE CREEK AT SENECA PLACE 

WAS AT 9 FEET AND RISING RAPIDLY FLOOD STAGE AT THIS LOCATION IS 10 

FEET. THERE ARE 3 HOMES ALONG THE CREEK THAT WILL FLOOD ONCE THE 

CREEK PASSES FLOOD STAGE. ADDITIONAL STREAM FLOODING 

DOWNSTREAM...ALONG SUGAR AND LITTLE SUGAR CREEKS...APPEARS 

LIKELY...WHICH COULD PREVENT DRAINAGE OF WATER FROM AREAS ADVERSELY 

AFFECTED BY THE TORRENTIAL RAIN.



IN YORK COUNTY...FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG HIGHWAY 557...BETWEEN 

CLOVER AND THE MERGE WITH HIGHWAY 49. AN ADDITIONAL FLOOD REPORT 

RECEIVED FROM COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED FLOODING ON RAYMOND 

CHURCH ROAD AND HIGHWAY 5. WE EXPECT FLOODING TO DEVELOP IN THE 

HICKORY GROVE AREA...OF WESTERN YORK COUNTY.



THERE IS A VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT FLOOD WARNINGS COULD EXTENDED 

BEYOND THEIR DESIGNATED EXPIRATION TIMES. 



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 NEWS 

SOURCE...FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING SITUATION.

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