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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

547 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 541 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER

  OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST OVER NORTHERN CABARRUS

  COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN

  NEAR KANNAPOLIS...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO IS LIKELY THROUGH

  7 PM.



* SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP IN THE CITY OF

  KANNAPOLIS. FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG BUFFALO

  CREEK...AFFECTING THE KANNAPOLIS VILLAGE AREA. ABUNDANT STANDING

  WATER WILL ALSO CREATE SERIOUS ROAD FLOODING CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT

  THE COUNTY.

 

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.

$$

JRL/HG

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000 

WGUS52 KGSP 162154

FFWGSP

NCC025-162345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

547 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 541 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER

  OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST OVER NORTHERN CABARRUS

  COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN

  NEAR KANNAPOLIS...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO IS LIKELY THROUGH

  7 PM.



* SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP IN THE CITY OF

  KANNAPOLIS. FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG BUFFALO

  CREEK...AFFECTING THE KANNAPOLIS VILLAGE AREA. ABUNDANT STANDING

  WATER WILL ALSO CREATE SERIOUS ROAD FLOODING CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT

  THE COUNTY.

 

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.

$$

JRL/HG

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