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NC/SC Flood Warning

#1 Postby Raebie » Tue Sep 07, 2004 4:02 pm

Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

...FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 325 PM EDT TUE SEP 7 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA LINCOLN... MECKLENBURG... CABARRUS... GASTON AND UNION

IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA YORK

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS BELMONT... BESSEMER CITY... BOGER CITY... CHARLOTTE... CHERRYVILLE... CONCORD... CORNELIUS... CRAMERTON... DALLAS... DAVIDSON... DENVER... GASTONIA... HARRISBURG... HUNTERSVILLE... IRON STATION... KANNAPOLIS... LINCOLNTON... LOWELL... LOWESVILLE... MARSHVILLE... MATTHEWS... MIDLAND... MINT HILL... MONROE... MOUNT HOLLY... MOUNT PLEASANT... PAW CREEK... PINEVILLE... STALLINGS... STANLEY... VALE... WAXHAW... WINGATE... CATAWBA... CLOVER... FORT MILL... LAKE WYLIE... MCCONNELLS... ROCK HILL... TEGA CAY AND YORK

AT 325 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TROPICAL RAINBAND OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING WEST OVER THE PIEDMONT... INCLUDING THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH AN HOUR WILL AFFECT THE AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS... AND DEEP STANDING WATER IN LOW SPOTS.

THIS FLOODING EPISODE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME PROLONGED AND VERY SEVERE. IT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO LIMIT TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS AND KEEP A VERY CLOSE WATCH ON STREAMS NEAR HOUSES AND BUSINESSES....
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#2 Postby ncsandman » Tue Sep 07, 2004 4:15 pm

Getting heavy rain about 65 miles north of you, small creeks are already out of their banks.
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