Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Greer, SC

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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
607 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2014

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CABARRUS NC-
607 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING IN...
   CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL NOON EST

* AT 545 AM EST...THE STAGE OF THE ROCKY RIVER ABOVE IRISH BUFFALO
CREEK WAS 15.8 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET. THE WATER LEVELS ON
THE ROCKY RIVER AND NEARBY TRIBUTARIES WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY
LOWER THIS MORNING. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON MOUNT
PLEASANT...STALLINGS...AND POPLAR TENT ROADS. MOTORIST NEAR THE
MIDDLETON AND ROCKY MEADOWS SUBDIVISIONS MAY ENCOUNTER BACK WATER
FLOODING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROBINSON CHURCH AND STALLINGS
ROADS. IN ADDITION...MUD AND DEBRIS WILL LIKELY REMAIN ON ROADS AND
BRIDGES AS FLOOD WATERS RECEDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR
IN A VEHICLE.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
REMEMBER... TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3531 8042 3519 8051 3526 8066 3535 8070
      3541 8077 3546 8066 3537 8053

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