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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

725 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003



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

COUNTY...



AT 725 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE RAIN THAT 

DRENCHED CABARRUS COUNTY EARLIER THIS EVENING HAD MOVED TO THE 

NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE AREA.  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAD NOT 

BEEN NOTIFIED OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING.  HIGH WATER PERSISTS IN SOME 

OF THE TRADITIONAL FLOOD PRONE AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS... SO THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL IT EXPIRES AT 815 

PM.  MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS.  DO 

NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM THURSDAY.



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