

000 

WGUS52 KGSP 292241

FFWGSP

NCC097-300045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

642 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 640 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS    

  AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY...FROM 

  SHARON...THROUGH STATESVILLE TO ELMWOOD AND COOL SPRINGS.

  UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 4 PM IN 

  STATESVILLE...RESULTING IN NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES. ADDITIONAL

  RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR MORE COULD FALL THROUGH LATE 

  EVENING...INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL URBAN...AND 

  STREAM...FLOODING. 



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



$$

BURRUS

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000 

WGUS52 KGSP 292241

FFWGSP

NCC097-300045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

642 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 640 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS    

  AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY...FROM 

  SHARON...THROUGH STATESVILLE TO ELMWOOD AND COOL SPRINGS.

  UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 4 PM IN 

  STATESVILLE...RESULTING IN NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES. ADDITIONAL

  RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR MORE COULD FALL THROUGH LATE 

  EVENING...INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL URBAN...AND 

  STREAM...FLOODING. 



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



$$

BURRUS

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