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WGUS72 KGSP 292316

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NCC059-159-300100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

715 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR DAVIE AND 

NORTHERN ROWAN COUNTIES...



AT 710 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL 

OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL CONTINUES AT 

THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. SOME LOCATIONS BETWEEN NEEDMORE 

AND WOODLEAF IN NORTHERN ROWAN COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED AS MUCH AS 4 

INCHES OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD SPREAD 

SOUTH...TOWARD SALISBURY...AND KANNAPOLIS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 

2 TO 3 INCHES COULD AFFECT DAVIE AND ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 9 PM. 



STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE RISING RAPIDLY IN SOUTHERN DAVIE AND 

NORTHERN ROWAN COUNTIES. ONE EVACUATION HAD ALREADY OCCURRED AT A 

HOME NEAR FOURTH CREEK IN NORTHWEST ROWAN COUNTY. IN ADDITION...A 

BRIDGE WAS CLOSED ON MOUNT VERNON ROAD DUE TO WATER FROM FOURTH 

CREEK OVERTOPPING THE BRIDGE. FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY ALONG SECOND 

CREEK...AND COULD DEVELOP ON THIRD CREEK. TO THE SOUTH...URBAN 

FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN SALISBURY...AND KANNAPOLIS...AND IT IS 

POSSIBLE STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD BEGIN FLOODING ROADS IN SOUTHERN 

ROWAN COUNTY.



IN DAVIE COUNTY...NO FLOODING HAD YET BEEN REPORTED BUT MANY ROADS 

WERE BEGINNING TO ACCRUE STANDING WATER. PART OF JUNCTION ROAD WAS 

BLOCKED DUE TO STANDING WATER...WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT CREWS FROM 

COOLEEMEE ON THE SCENE. TO THE NORTH...FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP 

IN AND AROUND MOCKSVILLE. STREAM FLOODING MAY ALSO DEVELOP ALONG 

CARTER AND BAILEY CREEKS NEAR THE YADKIN RIVER. ABUNDANT STANDING 

WATER CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN LOW SPOTS ON ROADWAYS AROUND THE 

COUNTY.



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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