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WGUS72 KGSP 142346

FFSGSP

NCC119-179-150130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

744 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR MECKLENBURG

AND UNION COUNTIES...



AT 740 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE INITIAL BAND OF HEAVY RAIN 

HAD MOVED SOUTH OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...A SMALLER AREA OF MODERATE TO 

HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MECKLENBURG...UNION 

COUNTY LINE.



THE UNION COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED THAT WATER RESCUES 

WERE BEING CONDUCTED IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. ROADS WERE 

REPORTED TO BE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE IN THE WEDDINGTON AND INDIAN 

TRAIL AREAS. A SPOTTER REPORTED THAT A CREEK WHICH FEEDS INTO 12 

MILE CREEK IN WEDDINGTON WAS COMING UP INTO LAWNS AND COVERED PART 

OF A DRIVEWAY...THE HIGHEST THE WATER HAD BEEN IN THAT AREA IN FIVE 

YEARS.



THE SAME SPOTTER REPORTED 2.82 INCHES OF RAIN IN A LITTLE OVER AN 

HOURS TIME. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

ACROSS A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN UNION COUNTY...AND A 

SMALL PART OF EASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY...WITH AMOUNTS APPROACHING 

4 INCHES BETWEEN FAIRVIEW AND MINT HILL.

 

RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN MOVING INTO THE 

AREA...WILL LIKELY CAUSE A FEW MORE STREAMS TO LEAVE THEIR BANKS 

ALONG THE MECKLENBURG...UNION COUNTY LINE.



DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE 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.



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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