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WGUS72 KGSP 090358

FFSGSP

NCC025-071-119-090645-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1157 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GASTON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR MECKLENBURG AND CABARRUS COUNTIES 

CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM EDT...



HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF GASTON COUNTY...AND THERE WERE NO 

REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING.  THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS 

BEEN CANCELED.  HOWEVER...THE SOUTH FORK OF THE CATAWBA RIVER AT 

LOWELL WAS IN FLOOD...AT A STAGE OF 10.7 FEET AND RISING.  A RIVER 

FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THAT STREAM.



SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AROUND HARRISBURG IN 

CABARRUS COUNTY.  A NUMBER OF ROADS HAVE BEEN FLOODED ACCORDING TO 

AREA OFFICIALS BY SMALL STREAMS FLOWING INTO THE ROCKY RIVER.  

ALSO...A COUPLE OF SUBDIVISIONS HAVE BEEN FLOODED AND SOME 

EVACUATIONS WERE BECOMING NECESSARY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. USE CAUTION IN OR NEAR ANY SMALL 

CREEK TONIGHT...AND AVOID ROUTES THAT YOU KNOW ARE FLOOD PRONE. IT 

IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROAD OR BRIDGE. MANY PEOPLE 

HAVE BEEN KILLED BY FLOOD WATERS WHEN THEIR VEHICLES WERE SWEPT AWAY.



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JONES

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