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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1014 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 1003 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY SOUTH OF MONROE. THE DOPPLER RADAR

  RADAR WAS ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THIS AREA.



* STORMS CONTINUE TO REGENERATE OVER SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY AND WILL

  BE SPREADING NORTH. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED

  ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY WHICH SHOULD FLOOD ROADWAYS

  AND FORCE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA 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.



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