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WGUS52 KGSP 050122

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NCC179-050415-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

922 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT



* AT 912 PM EDT...THE 911 CENTER REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN            

  CAUSING STREET FLOODING IN AND AROUND MONROE. MORE HEAVY RAIN IS   

  EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS UNION COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT.             

  THEREFORE...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THESE AREAS.





* HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING ALONG BEARSKIN AND RICHARDSON       

  CREEK...AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES IN THE TOWN OF MONROE... ESPECIALLY  

  ALONG PLYLER MILL...BUFORD SHORT CUT...ROCKY RIVER...LANDSFORD AND 

  GRIFFITH ROADS.



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.



$$



JRL/PT

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000 

WGUS52 KGSP 050122

FFWGSP

NCC179-050415-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

922 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT



* AT 912 PM EDT...THE 911 CENTER REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN            

  CAUSING STREET FLOODING IN AND AROUND MONROE. MORE HEAVY RAIN IS   

  EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS UNION COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT.             

  THEREFORE...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THESE AREAS.





* HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING ALONG BEARSKIN AND RICHARDSON       

  CREEK...AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES IN THE TOWN OF MONROE... ESPECIALLY  

  ALONG PLYLER MILL...BUFORD SHORT CUT...ROCKY RIVER...LANDSFORD AND 

  GRIFFITH ROADS.



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.



$$



JRL/PT

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