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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

444 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 645 PM EDT



* AT 437 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH FROM ALEXANDER

  COUNTY INTO IREDELL COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2

  INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE

  PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 6

  PM.



* FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THIRD CREEK AND MORRISON CREEK

  IN WESTERN IREDELL COUNTY...WHICH MAY AFFECT ROUTES 64 AND 90

  BETWEEN SCOTTS AND STATESVILLE. ABUNDANT STANDING WATER WILL ALSO

  LIKELY DEVELOP IN LOW SPOTS THROUGHOUT THE AREA.



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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