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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

608 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003



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

COUNTY...



AT 605 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED LIGHT TO 

OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN OVER CABARRUS COUNTY.  THE LOCALLY HEAVY 

RAIN THAT OCCURRED EARLIER IN THE EVENING HAS MOVED TO THE EAST.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT BECAUSE ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL THAT WAS OVER MECKLENBURG COUNTY WILL MOVE TOWARD THE 

NORTHEAST ACROSS CABARRUS COUNTY BEFORE 800 PM.  EVEN THOUGH MOST OF 

THE RAINFALL WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE... THE ADDITIONAL 

PRECIPITATION WILL NOT ALLOW ALREADY HIGH WATER LEVELS TO RECEDE.  

FURTHER INCREASES IN WATER LEVELS ARE QUITE LIKELY SO EXTREME 

CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED.



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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