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WGUS72 KGSP 182233 CCA

FFSGSP

NCC119-179-182300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

630 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN 

MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN UNION COUNTIES...



AT 630 PM... A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WAS 

OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHERN 

UNION COUNTY.  THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 

ABOUT 20 MPH.  THE RAINFALL WILL BE ENDING IN MOST AREAS BY 700 PM.



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. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT.   A FLASH FLOOD WATCH 

REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM THURSDAY.



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