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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

518 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 715 PM EDT



* AT 512 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF

  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH FROM IREDELL INTO ROWAN

  COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY

  FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR IN WESTERN ROWAN COUNTY...AND AN

  ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 PM.

   

* FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP NEAR THE TOWN OF LANDIS IN THE

  SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY BETWEEN CHINA GROVE AND KANNAPOLIS.

  MOST IMPACTED WILL BE MILL CREEK AND GRANTS CREEK.

  ALSO...SIGNIFICANT STANDING WATER WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS THE

  COUNTY...WITH THE WORST FLOODING FROM ENOCHVILLE TO CHINA GROVE.



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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