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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

918 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR 

MECKLENBURG COUNTY...



AT 915 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN 

MECKLENBURG COUNTY. THE STORMS HAD BUILT NORTH TOAWRD CROFT AND 

HUNTERSVILLE. RAINFALL HAS BEEN TORRENTIAL. AN OBSERVER IN MATTHEWS 

REPORTED 3.4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SO FAR THIS EVENING...AND AN 

AUTOMATED GAGE IN THE SAME AREA REPORTED SIMILAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS. 

RAINFALL OF AROUND 2 INCHES WAS REPORTED FROM THE RAY ROAD AND MCKEE 

ROAD AREAS. THROUGH 11 PM...A SLOW WEAKENING OF THE STORMS IS 

EXPECTED ALONG WITH A DECREASE IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS...BUT AN 

ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY FROM CHARLOTTE TO MATTHEWS AND 

MINT HILL.



URBAN FLOODING WAS REPOTED ALONG MONROE AND SARDIS ROAD...IN THE 

VICINITY OF MATTHEWS. OTHER ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE AS THE 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WORKS SOUTH TOWARD PINEVILLE AND THE CATAWBA 

RIVER.



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 3526 8067 3535 8069 3541 8079 3537 8089

      3517 8091 3507 8089 3501 8086 3507 8071

      3521 8055



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