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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

454 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT



* AT 454 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE

  OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH ACROSS CATAWBA

  COUNTY...PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2

  INCHES PER HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN WILL BE

  POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE THROUGH 6 PM.



* FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG FALLING CREEK...SNOW

  CREEK...AND LONG SHOAL CREEK IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE

  COUNTY. LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED BY THE FLOODING IS SULPHUR SPRINGS

  ROAD NEAR SAINT STEPHENS. ABUNDANT STANDING WATER WILL ALSO LIKELY

  DEVELOP IN LOW SPOTS IN ROADWAYS ACROSS THE AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY 

DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



$$

HG

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000 

WGUS52 KGSP 162101

FFWGSP

NCC035-162300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

454 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT



* AT 454 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE

  OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH ACROSS CATAWBA

  COUNTY...PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2

  INCHES PER HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN WILL BE

  POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE THROUGH 6 PM.



* FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG FALLING CREEK...SNOW

  CREEK...AND LONG SHOAL CREEK IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE

  COUNTY. LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED BY THE FLOODING IS SULPHUR SPRINGS

  ROAD NEAR SAINT STEPHENS. ABUNDANT STANDING WATER WILL ALSO LIKELY

  DEVELOP IN LOW SPOTS IN ROADWAYS ACROSS THE AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY 

DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



$$

HG

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