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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

753 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

  CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 751 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL 

CATAWBA COUNTY...AND THEN THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IREDELL 

COUNTY. RAINFALL THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING WAS ESTIMATED BY 

RADAR AT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES...WITH A FEW HIGHER AMOUNTS. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AT LEAST 1 TO 2 INCHES COULD FALL BEFORE ALL 

THE STORMS MOVE AWAY.



A SKYWARN SPOTTER IN DOWNTOWN MOORESVILLE REPORTED A CREEK OUT OF 

ITS BANKS NEXT TO A GOLF COURSE...WITH PARTS OF DOWNTOWN INUNDATED 

BY AS MUCH AS A FOOT OF WATER. WATER WAS UP TO DOOR LEVEL ON SOME 

CARS. DRAINAGE CULVERTS WERE FULL AND SOME ROADS HAD STANDING WATER 

IN CONOVER IN CATAWBA COUNTY. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY BEFORE 

ALL THE RAIN ENDS...ESPECIALLY WITH MORE STORMS MOVING INTO AREAS 

THAT ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING HIGH WATER.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



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