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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

800 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 930 PM EDT



* AT 800 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL

  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING SOUTHEAST OVER SECTIONS OF

  CABARRUS COUNTY THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES

  OF RAIN TODAY. COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS AND SPOTTERS REPORT

  SIGNIFICANT ONGOING FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE

  KANNAPOLIS AREA.



* AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF RAIN THROUGH 9 PM WILL LIKELY

  WORSEN EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS FROM KANNAPOLIS TO CONCORD.

  WIDESPREAD STREAM AND CREEK FLOODING IS LIKELY...AND SIGNIFICANT 

  STANDING WATER IN LOW SPOTS IN ROADWAYS WILL POSE A HAZARD TO

  VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.



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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