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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

447 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA.     

  WESTERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA.



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 430 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL      

  ACROSS THE SOUTHERN QUARTER OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY...SPREADING      

  ACROSS INTO THE WESTERN PART OF UNION COUNTY.



* RAPIDLY DEVELOPING...SEVERE...URBAN FLASH FLOODING WILL DEVELOP IN 

  THE AREA FROM PINEVILLE...TO MATTHEWS...AND MINT HILL...AND IN     

  SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.  FLOOD PROBLEMS WILL DEVELOP FIRST IN     

  FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AND IF THE HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES...MAY BEGIN TO 

  AFFECT THE SUGAR CREEK SYSTEM AND OTHER CREEKS IN THE AREA.



DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS

SUCH AS UNDERPASSES AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT.

CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM SMALL STREAMS AND FLOODED STORM

DRAINS.



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.



$$

JONES

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