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WGUS72 KGSP 182313

FFSGSP

NCC119-179-190000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

712 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003



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

MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN UNION COUNTIES...



EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST AWAY FROM 

MECKLENBURG AND UNION COUNTIES BY 710 PM... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT.  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

SOME MINOR FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN FLOOD PRONE AND POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE 

EVENING.  IF A FLOODED ROADWAY IS ENCOUNTERED... DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

DRIVE THROUGH THE WATER. 



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.



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