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WGUS72 KGSP 162321

FFSGSP

NCC119-170015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

720 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR MECKLENBURG

COUNTY...



DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 

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



CREEKS AND RIVERS ACROSS MECKLENBURG COUNTY ARE RUNNING HIGH...AND 

SOME ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. IN CHARLOTTE...A CAR WAS WASHED INTO 

BRIER CREEK NEAR MONROE ROAD. OTHER CREEKS AND RIVERS ARE LIKELY TO 

COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS BEFORE RECEDING LATER THIS EVENING.



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 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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RB

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