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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
426 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2014

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CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
426 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2014

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND
SOUTHWESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM EST...

AT 417 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN MECKLENBURG AND
SOUTHWESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES. GENERALLY...AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATE THAT 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE REGION SINCE
LATE THURSDAY EVENING. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH THROUGH SUNRISE. RUNOFF FROM THIS
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. AT 415 AM...THE STAGE ON
MALLARD CREEK AT HARRISBURG WAS 11.6 FEET AND SLOWLY RISING. FLOOD
STAGE IS 12 FEET.

THE MALLARD CREEK AREA...BETWEEN CHARLOTTE AND HARRISBURG...WILL
LIKELY SEE RISES INTO THE PRE DAWN HOURS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS NEAR MALLARD AND STONEY CREEKS WILL BE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY
ALONG MALLARD CREEK CHURCH AND DAVID TAYLOR...NORTH TRYON
STREET...PAVILLION BOULEVARD...BROWNE AND HUBBARD ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD
DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

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LAT...LON 3534 8050 3521 8064 3532 8080 3542 8074

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