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WGUS52 KGSP 092310

FFWGSP

NCC023-035-100200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

710 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA  

  WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 702 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG THE CATAWBA AND 

  BURKE COUNTY LINE. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA SINCE 530 PM. AS NEW  

  THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER THE AREA...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES 

  OF RAIN APPEARS LIKELY THROUGH 830 PM. 

  

* FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN EASTERN BURKE COUNTY...AND A 

  PORTION OF HIGHWAY 70 HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. COUNTY 

  OFFICIALS REPORT STREAMS AND CREEKS IN EASTERN BURKE COUNTY ARE 

  RUNNING NEAR BANKFUL...AND THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED THIS 

  EVENING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG SUCH STREAMS AS 

  DROWNING CREEK AND TIMS CREEK. IN ADDITION...URBAN FLOODING WILL 

  LIKELY DEVELOP IN THE HICKORY AREA.   



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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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000 

WGUS52 KGSP 092310

FFWGSP

NCC023-035-100200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

710 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA  

  WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 702 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG THE CATAWBA AND 

  BURKE COUNTY LINE. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA SINCE 530 PM. AS NEW  

  THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER THE AREA...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES 

  OF RAIN APPEARS LIKELY THROUGH 830 PM. 

  

* FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN EASTERN BURKE COUNTY...AND A 

  PORTION OF HIGHWAY 70 HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. COUNTY 

  OFFICIALS REPORT STREAMS AND CREEKS IN EASTERN BURKE COUNTY ARE 

  RUNNING NEAR BANKFUL...AND THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED THIS 

  EVENING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG SUCH STREAMS AS 

  DROWNING CREEK AND TIMS CREEK. IN ADDITION...URBAN FLOODING WILL 

  LIKELY DEVELOP IN THE HICKORY AREA.   



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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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