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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

719 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 713 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND    

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS UNION COUNTY. 



* RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN 

  THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE COUNTY.  OFFICIALS IN 

  THE COUNTY REPORTED A BRIDGE UNDER WATER IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 

  THE COUNTY ON SMITH TOWN ROAD BETWEEN ZION AND WHITE STORE PAGELAND 

  ROADS.  



  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 1000 PM 

  ACROSS MOST OF THE COUNTY.  AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN COULD 

  FALL...CAUSING RISES IN STREAMS AND CREEKS...AS WELL AS ROAD FLOODING.  

  

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 AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES

ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.



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