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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

509 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 715 PM EDT



* AT 502 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EASTERN CALDWELL AND

  BURKE COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE ACROSS

  BURKE AND CALDWELL THROUGH 7 PM...AND LIKELY PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL

  1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.



* MOST OF THE FLOODING IS EXPECTED FROM MORGANTON TO LENOIR AND

  POINTS EAST. ESPECIALLY HARD HIT WILL BE THE AREA AROUND OLD ROUTE

  18 SOUTHEAST OF MORGANTON. SIGNIFICANT STANDING WATER WILL ALSO

  LIKELY DEVELOP IN LOW SPOTS IN ROADWAYS.

  

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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