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WGUS72 KGSP 110201

FFSGSP

NCC059-110315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1003 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR DAVIE

COUNTY...



AT 1000 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

CONFINED TO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTORS OF DAVIE COUNTY. A 

WEAKENING TREND HAD BEEN NOTED AND WAS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED COUNTYWIDE 

THROUGH THE VALID TIME OF THIS WARNING.



SKYWARN SPOTTERS IN WESTERN DAVIE COUNTY REPORTED NO FLOODING OF 

HISTORICALLY FLOOD-PRONE STREAMS BETWEEN SHEFFIELD AND MOCKSVILLE. 

HUNTING CREEK...BEAR CREEK AND BEAVER CREEK WERE ALL REPORTED 

RUNNING AT ELEVATED LEVELS BUT WERE STILL WITHIN BANKS. NO URBAN 

FLOODING HAD YET BEEN REPORTED FROM MOCKSVILLE. 



THERE IS STILL A CHANCE THAT RAINFALL UPSTREAM FROM IREDELL AND 

ALEXANDER COUNTIES COULD RESULT IN SOME STREAMS IN DAVIE COUNTY 

ESCAPING THEIR BANKS AS HEAVY RAINFALL UPSTREAM WORKS ITS WAY 

THROUGH THE PIEDMONT. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 

UNTIL 1115 PM.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



LAT...LON 3606 8065 3590 8071 3584 8066 3580 8056

      3586 8034 3596 8037 3604 8045



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