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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1125 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 230 AM EDT



* AT 1120 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER NORTHEAST CALDWELL COUNTY. THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING  

  SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 5 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH 

  AN HOUR WILL FALL WITH THIS AREA OF RAIN AS IT AFFECTS THE KINGS   

  CREEK AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT.



* THE COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTS THAT HIGHWAY 90...IN THE  

  NORTHERN PART OF LENOIR WHERE IT CROSSES SPAINHOUR CREEK...IS

  CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. STREAM FLOODING IS ALSO BEING REPORTED IN 

  THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF KINGS          

  CREEK. STREAM FLOODING WILL BECOME WORSE IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF  

  THE COUNTY AS THE HEAVY RAIN MOVES THROUGH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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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