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WGUS72 KGSP 130108

FFSGSP

NCC025-045-071-109-119-179-130300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

908 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003



...HEAVY RAIN TO AFFECT THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT...



A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ALL OF THE 

CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 

INCHES IN A COUPLE OF HOURS HAS BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS ALL OF THE 

SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...AND INTO NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES THROUGH 

MIDDLE EVENING. THESE RAINFALL RATES CAN BE EXPECTED FOR 

GASTON...LINCOLN...MECKLENBURG AND UNION COUNTIES BEFORE MIDNIGHT.



EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS DURING 

THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS. STREAMS...CREEKS AND RIVERS WILL ALSO 

EXPERIENCE A SIGNIFICANT RISE ONCE THE HEAVY RAIN BEGINS.



DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY 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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