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WGUS52 KGSP 071947

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NCC027-072145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

347 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 545 PM EDT



* THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED THAT COTTRELL HILL ROAD IN 

THE EASTERN PART OF LENOIR WAS CLOSED DUE TO A FLOODED STREAM. 

FLOODED ROADS WERE ALSO REPORTED IN THE KINGS CREEK AREA. RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE CENTRAL AND 

EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY DURING THE PAST HOUR. THIS IS ON TOP OF 

SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL IN THE SAME AREA YESTERDAY.



AS OF 345 PM...THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED INTO THE EASTERN PART OF 

CALDWELL COUNTY...ALONG STATE ROUTE 64...IN THE VICINITY OF OAK 

HILL. IN THIS AREA...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL. 

HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO MOVING BACK INTO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE 

COUNTY. 



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.



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MCAVOY

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000 

WGUS52 KGSP 071947

FFWGSP

NCC027-072145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

347 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 545 PM EDT



* THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED THAT COTTRELL HILL ROAD IN 

THE EASTERN PART OF LENOIR WAS CLOSED DUE TO A FLOODED STREAM. 

FLOODED ROADS WERE ALSO REPORTED IN THE KINGS CREEK AREA. RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE CENTRAL AND 

EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY DURING THE PAST HOUR. THIS IS ON TOP OF 

SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL IN THE SAME AREA YESTERDAY.



AS OF 345 PM...THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED INTO THE EASTERN PART OF 

CALDWELL COUNTY...ALONG STATE ROUTE 64...IN THE VICINITY OF OAK 

HILL. IN THIS AREA...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL. 

HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO MOVING BACK INTO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE 

COUNTY. 



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.



$$

MCAVOY

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