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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

718 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 715 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN OVER LINCOLN COUNTY. THE AREA OF RAIN WAS DRIFTING ONLY

  SLOWLY EASTWARD. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE RAIN ENDS

  FOR GOOD.

 

* COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT A TRIBUTARY OF THE SOUTH FORK CATAWBA RIVER

  WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS ALONG BATTLECREEK ROAD. THE CREEK WAS BLOCKING

  TRAVEL ALONG THE ROAD...AND HAD SURGED INTO THE BASEMENT OF SEVERAL

  HOMES WITHIN THE LINCOLNTON CITY LIMITS. OFFICIALS ALSO REPORT

  MANY OTHER STREAMS NEAR BANKFULL WITHIN THE COUNTY...AND ADDITIONAL

  RAINFALL THIS EVENING COULD PRODUCE OTHER FLOOD PROBLEMS.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IF YOU 

ENCOUNTER STANDING WATER...STOP TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE 

TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT 

FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE 

TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY 

RAINS. 



$$



BURRUS

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000 

WGUS52 KGSP 072320

FFWGSP

NCC109-080215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

718 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 715 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN OVER LINCOLN COUNTY. THE AREA OF RAIN WAS DRIFTING ONLY

  SLOWLY EASTWARD. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE RAIN ENDS

  FOR GOOD.

 

* COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT A TRIBUTARY OF THE SOUTH FORK CATAWBA RIVER

  WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS ALONG BATTLECREEK ROAD. THE CREEK WAS BLOCKING

  TRAVEL ALONG THE ROAD...AND HAD SURGED INTO THE BASEMENT OF SEVERAL

  HOMES WITHIN THE LINCOLNTON CITY LIMITS. OFFICIALS ALSO REPORT

  MANY OTHER STREAMS NEAR BANKFULL WITHIN THE COUNTY...AND ADDITIONAL

  RAINFALL THIS EVENING COULD PRODUCE OTHER FLOOD PROBLEMS.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IF YOU 

ENCOUNTER STANDING WATER...STOP TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE 

TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT 

FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE 

TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY 

RAINS. 



$$



BURRUS

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