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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

543 PM EDT THU MAY 30 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 534 PM EDT...AMATEUR RADIO WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY       

  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY...INCLUDING

  THE NORTHERN EDGE OF CHARLOTTE. RAIN WAS HEAVY ENOUGH TO

  FILL ALL DRAINAGE DITCHES IN THE VICINITY OF THE CHARLOTTE

  DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...AND NUMEROUS CREEKS...INCLUDING

  SUGAR AND LITTLE SUGAR CREEKS...WERE AT BANKFULL.



  ANOTHER BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR OVER CENTRAL

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. RAINFALL 

  WILL BE ENOUGH TO SEND MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR

  BANKS...POSSIBLY FLOODING ROADS...AND THREATENING HOMES AND

  PROPERTY.



  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

  IF YOU ENCOUNTER STANDING WATER...STOP TURN AROUND AND FIND

  AN ALTERNATE ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY.



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BURRUS

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