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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

708 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

  ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 708 PM EDT...SPOTTERS AND COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS REPORTED

  SIGNIFICANT ONGOING FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY.

  ADDITIONALLY...RADAR INDICATES THAT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO

  FALL ACROSS SOUTHERN IREDELL AND ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 8

  PM...PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF RAIN.



* DEEP STANDING WATER WILL LIKELY BE ENCOUNTERED IN LOW SPOTS AROUND

  THE AREA. SEVERAL VEHICLES HAVE ALREADY BECOME STRANDED IN DEEP

  STANDING AND FLOWING WATER.



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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