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WGUS52 KGSP 170937

FFWGSP

NCC071-SCC091-171130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

537 AM EDT THU JUL 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA       

  NORTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 730 AM EDT



* AT 526 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AS MUCH AS 

  5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 3 AM ALONG THE GASTON AND YORK   

  COUNTY LINE...ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GASTONIA. MORE HEAVY RAIN 

  IS MOVING OVER THE AREA NOW...AND UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF      

  RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.  



* THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY CONTRIBUTING TO RAPID RISES      

  ALONG CROWDERS CREEK AND MILL CREEK...AND FLOODING WILL LIKELY     

  DEVELOP VERY SOON ALONG PORTIONS OF THESE CREEKS...AND             

  SMALLER TRIBUTARIES. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE       

  AREAS WILL ALSO BE LIKELY.    



PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS 

CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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000 

WGUS52 KGSP 170937

FFWGSP

NCC071-SCC091-171130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

537 AM EDT THU JUL 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA       

  NORTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 730 AM EDT



* AT 526 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AS MUCH AS 

  5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 3 AM ALONG THE GASTON AND YORK   

  COUNTY LINE...ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GASTONIA. MORE HEAVY RAIN 

  IS MOVING OVER THE AREA NOW...AND UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF      

  RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.  



* THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY CONTRIBUTING TO RAPID RISES      

  ALONG CROWDERS CREEK AND MILL CREEK...AND FLOODING WILL LIKELY     

  DEVELOP VERY SOON ALONG PORTIONS OF THESE CREEKS...AND             

  SMALLER TRIBUTARIES. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE       

  AREAS WILL ALSO BE LIKELY.    



PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS 

CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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