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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1250 AM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR MECKLENBURG

COUNTY...



AT 1250 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL HAD DIMINISHED OVER 

MECKLENBURG COUNTY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT  

SEVERAL ROADS IN CHARLOTTE WERE UNDER WATER. SEVERAL STREAMS AND 

CREEKS WERE CLOSE TO FLOOD STAGE AND STILL RISING...INCLUDING LITTLE 

SUGAR CREEK AT ARCHDALE DRIVE AND AT MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE...AS WELL 

AS STEWART CREEK AT WEST MOREHEAD STREET.



RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE...CAUSING FURTHER RISES 

IN STREAMS AND CREEKS.



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.



LAT...LON 3530 8095 3513 8086 3518 8058 3548 8081



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