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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

539 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



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

ALEXANDER AND CATAWBA COUNTIES...



DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE 

HALF INCH AN HOUR IN A AREA BOUND BY STONEY POINT TO STATESVILLE TO 

TROUTMAN AND BETHLEHEM.  THIS AREA IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY EAST AND 

WILL CAUSE MORE FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTIES.



STREAMS ARE AT BANKFULL OR OVERFLOWING INTO ROADWAYS NOW. COUNTY 

OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ON HIGHWWAYS 70 AND 90... AND ON BRISTOL 

ROAD IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY...IMPEDING TRAFFIC.  COUNTY 

OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER COVERING SPRINGS ROAD AND SAINT PETERS CHURCH 

ROAD ALSO IMPEDING TRAFFIC. 



DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS 

SUCH AS UNDERPASSES...AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT. 

CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM SMALL STREAMS AND STORM DRAINS.



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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