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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

215 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR CATAWBA COUNTY HAS

EXPIRED AS OF 215 AM EDT...



AT 215 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. CATAWBA COUNTY 

COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING BESIDES THE EARLIER 

REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING IN LONGVIEW AND HICKORY.



EVEN THOUGH THE WATER MAY BE RECEDING IN MOST LOCATIONS...SOME 

ROADWAYS STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH 

FLOODED ROADWAYS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER 

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. USE CAUTION IN 

OR NEAR ANY SMALL CREEK THIS MORNING AND AVOID ROUTES THAT YOU KNOW 

ARE FLOOD PRONE.



ADDITIONALLY A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CATAWBA COUNTY 

THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS COULD REDEVELOP 

QUICKLY TODAY ANYWHERE ACROSS THE COUNTY. 

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