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WGUS72 KGSP 292046

FFSGSP

NCC119-292115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

446 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN 

MECKLENBURG COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AS OF 445 PM EDT...



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN

THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE

FLASH FLOOD THREAT. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE 

RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. RISES CAN 

STILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE IRWIN...LITTLE SUGAR AND FOUR MILE 

CREEK BASINS AS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON 

FILTERS THROUGH MECKLENBURG WATERWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO 

AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL...SAM NEWALL ROAD WAS 

CLOSED IN MATTHEWS. ALSO IN MATTHEWS...PART OF TANK TOWN ROAD 

FLOODED WHEN FOUR MILE CREEK ESCAPED ITS BANKS. IN CHARLOTTE...BRIAR 

CREEK FLOODED PART OF SHEFFIELD DRIVE. 



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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BURRUS

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