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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1135 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH      

  CAROLINA



* UNTIL 230 AM EDT



* AT 1135 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CABARRUS COUNTY...BASICALLY 

  SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HIGHWAY 29 EAST TO MOUNT PLEASANT. RAINFALL

  RATES OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR THIS EVENING HAVE RESULTED

  IN DRAMATIC RISES ON SEVERAL STREAMS IN THE VICINITY OF 

  HARRISBURG. URBAN FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN HARRISBURG...AND

  FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ON SHALLOW STREAMS AND CREEKS IN 

  SOUTHERN CABARRUS COUNTY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.



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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