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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

615 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 615 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER

  OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH ACROSS MECKLENBURG COUNTY ALONG

  INTERSTATE 77. RADAR INDICATES THAT AROUND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS

  FALLEN OVER NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY FROM DAVIDSON TO CROFT. AN

  ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO IS VERY LIKELY TO AFFECT ENTIRE

  COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA THROUGH 8 PM.



* SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP IN THE CHARLOTTE

  METRO AREA. ADDITIONALLY...STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY FLOOD

  THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. DANGEROUS STANDING WATER WILL DEVELOP IN

  LOW SPOTS IN AREA ROADWAYS.



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.



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