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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

502 PM EDT SAT AUG 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 5 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY   

RAIN OVER AND NEAR THE CITY OF HICKORY.  RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM 

RADAR INDICATE AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR.



* THE MAIN FLOOD THREAT WILL BE URBAN FLOODING AROUND THE CITY AND 

NEARBY AREAS.  SOME CREEKS AND OTHER SMALL STREAMS MAY FLOOD. 



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.



$$

JONES

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