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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1120 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 215 AM EDT



* AT 1104 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OCCURING ACROSS MUCH OF CATAWBA COUNTY. AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES   

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY THIS      

  EVENING...AND RADAR TRENDS INDICATE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

  RAIN IS LIKELY IN THESE AREAS THROUGH 1 AM. 



* COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF      

  HICKORY IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. AS THE HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES...SEVERE  

  URBAN FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE CITY OF HICKORY AS WELL AS  

  IN NEWTON. FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN LOW SPOTS ALONG I-40...AS   

  WELL AS ON HIGHWAYS 321 AND 70. IN ADDITION...THE PERSISTENT HEAVY 

  RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RAPID FLOODING ALONG SOME CREEKS    

  AND SMALL STREAMS IN THE AREA...INCLUDING CLARK AND HILDEBRAN      

  CREEKS...AS WELL AS HENRY FORK AND BARGER BRANCH. 



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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