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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

545 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN 

CALDWELL COUNTY...



AT 545 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ONLY SCATTERED 

LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS FROM LENOIR TO KINGS CREEK. A LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM BANNER ELK TO NORTH WILKESBORO TO THE 

NORTH OF THE AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS  

FALLEN OVER THE AREA DURING THE PAST FOUR HOURS. FLOODING CONTINUES 

ALONG GRANDIN ROAD AT KINGS CREEK...AND A MUDSLIDE HAS BEEN REPORTED 

ALONG ROUTE 268.



IF NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT. 

UNTIL THAT TIME...USE CAUTION IF YOU MUST DRIVE IN THE AFFECTED 

AREA. HIGH WATER CONDITIONS MAY EXIST NEAR PATTERSON...GRANDIN...AND 

KINGS CREEK.



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.

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