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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

649 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR

GASTON COUNTY...



AT 647 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST

RAIN HAD MOVED NORTHEAST OF GASTON COUNTY. HOWEVER...LIGHT TO

MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY...AND

ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS COULD SOON MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE

COUNTY. AN AUTOMATED GAUGE AT THE GASTONIA AIRPORT REPORTED 1.57

INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR AS THE HEAVIEST RAIN CAME THROUGH.



THE COUNTY 911 CENTER REPORTED THAT NO NEW REPORTS OF FLOODING HAD

COME IN SINCE A LITTLE AFTER 6 PM. HOWEVER...WATER LEVELS ALONG

SOME STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE FOR THE NEXT HOUR...AND FLOODING

PROBLEMS COULD STILL DEVELOP...PARTICULARLY IF ADDITIONAL SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE COUNTY.



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