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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

729 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT



* AT 720 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AS MUCH AS 

  4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PINEVILLE AREA IN A VERY SHORT  

  PERIOD OF TIME. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PASS    

  OVER THE AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...CREATING THE POTENTIAL  

  FOR FLASH FLOODING.  



* CONTINUED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG      

  MCALPINE CREEK AND LITTLE SUGAR CREEK. IN ADDITION...PONDING OF    

  WATER WILL OCCUR ON ROADS   ACROSS THE AREA.   



DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS

SUCH AS UNDERPASSES AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT.

CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM SMALL STREAMS AND FLOODED STORM

DRAINS.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE

SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



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