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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
520 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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MECKLENBURG NC-
520 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IN...
  SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 513 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE HOURS.
  WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS BECOME MORE ISOLATED...STREAM ARE
  CONTINUING TO RISE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
  OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER
  CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING
  INCLUDE...CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...UNC CHARLOTTE...EASTLAND MALL...
  HUNTERSVILLE...I-77 AT I-85...MATTHEWS...PINEVILLE AND SOUTHPARK
  MALL.

LITTLE SUGAR CREEK AT MEDICAL CENTER WAS AT 11 FEET...WHICH WILL
FLOOD PARTS OF FREEDOM PARK. MCALPINE CREEK AT COLONY RD WAS AT 12.3
FEET. WHILE THIS IS STILL WITHIN THE CREEK/S BANKS...SOME LOCATIONS
ALONG THE CREEK ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF CHARLOTTE ARE LIKELY
EXPERIENCING FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 3510 8070 3501 8084 3513 8096 3542 8091
      3542 8077 3532 8069

$$

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