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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

920 AM EDT SUN JUL 14 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT



* AS OF 900 AM EDT AN AUTOMATED SENSOR ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF

  CHARLOTTE REPORTED 2.07 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN ABOUT 90      

  MINUTES TIME. THIS HAS RESULTED IN RAPID RISES ON LOCAL 

  CREEKS...PARTICULARLY LITTLE HOPE CREEK AT SENECA PLACE IN 

  CHARLOTTE. OTHER GAGES IN THE AREA HAVE HAD UP TO 1.50 INCHES

  OF RAIN.



* THIS AREA IS PRONE TO URBAN FLOODING DURING HEAVY RAIN. OTHER HEAVY 

  SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 10 AM...AND UP TO AN 

  ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL. OTHER STREAMS THAT MAY RAPIDLY 

  RISE TO FLOOD STAGE IF THE RAIN PERSISTS INCLUDE IRWIN CREEK AND

  LITTLE SUGAR AND SUGAR CREEKS ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF CHARLOTTE.



DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...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 STORM DRAINS. PEOPLE 

DRIVING TO SUNDAY SERVICES SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO STREAM 

LEVELS IN THEIR AREA. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH A WATER COVERED ROADWAY.



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