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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

656 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR LINCOLN AND 

CABARRUS COUNTIES...



DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 

ONE INCH PER HOUR...AS THE STORMS MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.



FLOODING IS WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT KANNAPOLIS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE 

COUNTY REPORT STREAMS RUNNING VERY HIGH. SEVERAL STREAMS ARE AT OR 

NEAR BANKFULL IN LINCOLN COUNTY AND SOME ARE EXPECTED TO COME OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS AS RAINFALL CONTINUES.



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.



KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND STREAM CONDITIONS. PEOPLE ALONG 

STREAMS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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RB

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