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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1207 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 300 AM EDT



* AT 1149 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FALLING OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES 

  THAT IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AREAS NEAR THE    

  GASTON AND LINCOLN COUNTY LINES. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF    

  RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH 2 AM.    



* COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED AT LEAST ONE FLOODED ROAD IN THE    

  NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY. FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN POOR 

  DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS ACROSS THIS PORTION OF THE COUNTY. AS 

  HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...SOME       

  CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY WILL     

  LIKELY BEGIN TO FLOOD. THIS INCLUDES BUFFALO CREEK...SUCK          

  CREEK...AS WELL AS LONG 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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