Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Greer, SC

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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
105 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2014

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CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
105 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2014

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MECKLENBURG AND
CABARRUS COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EST...

AT 1PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS MECKLENBURG AND CABARRUS COUNTIES
CAUSING LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO START RISING AGAIN ESPECIALLY
ALONG CODDLE...CLARK CREEKS AND THE ROCKY RIVER. THE ROCKY RIVER IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RISE...CRESTING AROUND 17.5 TO 18 FT LATER
THIS EVENING. SOME ROADS SUCH AS POPLAR TENT ROAD MAY ALL SO BEGIN
TO FLOOD.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CENTER CITY
CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...UNC CHARLOTTE...CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY...
FREEDOM PARK...HARRISBURG...HIDDEN VALLEY...I-77 AT I-85...I-85 AT
HIGHWAY 73...MIDLAND AND THE PLAZA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3547 8058 3535 8044 3519 8051 3524 8061
      3519 8064 3525 8070 3516 8085 3513 8093
      3549 8080

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