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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

755 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

  ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 741 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN AREAS FROM 

  MOORESVILLE TO SALISBURY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES 

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA SINCE 8 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 

  1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH 9 PM.   



* SEVERE URBAN FLOODING IS BEING REPORTED IN MOORESVILLE. THIS 

  FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST AS HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL 

  ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...URBAN FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP 

  IN OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING IN SALISBURY. IN 

  ADDITION...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE RAPIDLY 

  AND FLOOD ADJACENT ROADS AND LOWLANDS.    

  

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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