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WGUS72 KGSP 280617

FFSGSP

NCC119-179-280730-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

215 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR UNION AND

MECKLENBURG COUNTIES...



AT 155 AM EDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT NUMEROUS ROADS AND 

BRIDGES WERE COVERED WITH WATER IN UNION COUNTY. IN MECKLENBURG 

COUNTY NO ROADS WERE REPORTED TO BE CLOSED. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT A 

LARGE PART OF CENTRAL UNION COUNTY HAD SEEN 3 TO 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN...WHILE FARTHER TO THE WEST...RAINFALL TOTALS IN MECKLENBURG 

COUNTY WERE ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. 



AS OF 205 AM EDT...RAIN HAD ENDED FOR THE MOST PART ACROSS THESE 

AREAS. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS DEVELOPING TO 

THE SOUTH OF THE WARNING AREA...AND PRECIPITATION RATES WILL BEGIN 

TO INCREASE AGAIN OVER UNION AND MECKLENBURG COUNTIES WITHIN THE 

HOUR.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

WINGATE...WAXHAW...STALLINGS...MONROE...MATTHEWS...MARSHVILLE...

HUNTERSVILLE...DAVIDSON AND CORNELIUS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



LAT...LON 3484 8037 3483 8079 3494 8078 3504 8086

      3538 8094 3551 8095 3550 8078 3540 8076

      3534 8069 3528 8067 3516 8046 3516 8040

      3513 8037 3511 8035



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