

000 

WGUS52 KGSP 201105

FFWGSP

NCC025-059-097-119-159-179-201700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

605 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

  DAVIE COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

  ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

  CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

  UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL NOON EST



* AT 600 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN    

  OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT EXTENDING 

  FROM THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA NORTHWARD ALONG INTERSTATE 77 

  AND INTERSTATE 85.  RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES HAVE     

  BEEN REPORTED IN DAVIE COUNTY.  MANY OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE        

  PIEDMONT HAVE HAD AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL DURING 

  THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO     

  COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  ROADWAYS THAT TYPICALLY FLOOD AND POOR   

  DRAINAGE AREAS WILL ALSO HAVE HIGH WATER LEVELS.



* THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.  PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA  

  AND THOSE TRAVELING THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 77 AND INTERSTATE 85    

  CORRIDORS IN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING   

  WEATHER CONDITIONS.



$$

LGL

