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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

840 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

  YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT



* AT 840 PM EDT...AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE AT THE CHARLOTTE-DOUGLAS 

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED 1 INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN 8 

AND 830 PM. THIS SAME AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS INTENSIFYING AS IT 

WAS MOVING INTO THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. IN ADDITION...OTHER 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN YORK COUNTY 

WHERE RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL RATES WERE APPROACHING AN INCH 

AN HOUR. 



* AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM THE 

CHARLOTTE METRO AREA SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHERN YORK COUNTY WITH THIS 

AREA OF TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE MANY STREAMS TO 

LEAVE THEIR BANKS AND RESULT IN WIDESPREAD URBAN FLOODING. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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