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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

833 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT



* AT 827 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL 

RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR IN THE WINGATE AND MARSHVILLE AREAS. 

REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING IN WINGATE AND MARSHVILLE HAVE BEEN 

RECEIVED AND AREA STREAMS ARE AT OR NEAR BANKFULL ESPECIALLY 

RICHARDSON CREEK AND BEAVERDAM CREEKS. 



* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE 

THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO FALL WHICH WILL CAUSE THE STREAMS TO OVER 

FLOW THEIR BANKS. 



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.



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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