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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

940 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT



* AT 925 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 

TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY IN A 

LITTLE OVER AN HOUR...WITH THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE 

NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF LOVE VALLEY. ANOTHER BAND 

OF TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL CROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY 

THROUGH 1030 PM...WITH ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN LIKELY.



* THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL CAUSE STREAMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF 

THE COUNTY TO COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ROCKY CREEK AND PATTERN 

CREEKS ARE THE LOCATIONS MOST LIKELY TO FLOOD. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



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.



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