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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

435 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT



* AT 435 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SERIES

  OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH ACROSS

  ALEXANDER COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2

  INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY OVER THE

  PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY THROUGH 530 PM.



* FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG DUCK CREEK WEST OF ELLENDALE.

  ABUNDANT STANDING WATER HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED ALONG ROUTES 90 AND

  127 IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. DEEP STANDING WATER WILL

  DEVELOP IN LOW SPOTS ON OTHER ROADWAYS AS WELL.



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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JRL/HG

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