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WGUS72 KGSP 090655

FFSGSP

NCC025-119-090715-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

255 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2003



...ALL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS EXPIRED AT 230 AM EDT...



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND OFFICIALS REPORTED THE SITUATION HAS 

STABILIZED IN THE COUNTIES WHICH HAD FLOODING EARLIER TONIGHT.  

SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING OCCURRED IN OCCURRED IN IREDELL AND 

CABARRUS COUNTIES...AND RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS 

PARTS OF GASTON AND MECKLENBURG COUNTIES.



EVEN THOUGH THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE EXPIRED...A RIVER FLOOD 

WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTH FORK OF THE CATAWBA RIVER AT 

LOWELL...WHERE MINOR RIVER FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  ALSO...STREAMS 

WELL DOWNSTREAM OF THE HEAVY RAIN AREA WERE STILL RISING LATE 

TONIGHT...AND SOME FLOODING COULD OCCUR BEFORE MORNING.  

THEREFORE...THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM.



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.



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JONES

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