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WGUS52 KGSP 292312

FFWGSP

NCC119-300100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

710 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 710 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER THE INTERSTATE 77

  CORRIDOR IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL RATES IN

  EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL MODERATE RAINFALL WILL

  CONTINUE AS THE LINE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA THROUGH 8 PM.



* FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS THE

  COUNTY...WITH SEVERE URBAN FLOODING DEVELOPING IN POOR DRAINAGE

  AREAS. THE FLOODING MAY BE SEVERE FROM CHARLOTTE SOUTHWARD TO

  PINEVILLE. ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING WILL BE THE SUGAR

  CREEK...LITTLE SUGAR CREEK...AND CROOKED CREEK STREAM BASINS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...BE PREPARED TO 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.



$$

HG

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000 

WGUS52 KGSP 292312

FFWGSP

NCC119-300100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

710 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 710 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER THE INTERSTATE 77

  CORRIDOR IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL RATES IN

  EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL MODERATE RAINFALL WILL

  CONTINUE AS THE LINE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA THROUGH 8 PM.



* FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS THE

  COUNTY...WITH SEVERE URBAN FLOODING DEVELOPING IN POOR DRAINAGE

  AREAS. THE FLOODING MAY BE SEVERE FROM CHARLOTTE SOUTHWARD TO

  PINEVILLE. ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING WILL BE THE SUGAR

  CREEK...LITTLE SUGAR CREEK...AND CROOKED CREEK STREAM BASINS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...BE PREPARED TO 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.



$$

HG

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