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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

623 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

  UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 620 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND 

  THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL STRETCHING FROM 

  HUNTERSVILLE...TO MATTHEWS...WAXHAW...AND MONROE. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 

  2 INCHES PER HOUR WAS FALLING AS THE BAND OF STORMS WORKED ITS WAY

  TO THE SOUTHWEST...TOWARD CHARLOTTE AND PINEVILLE. RADAR ALSO SHOWED

  ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS TO THE NORTHEAST...THAT WILL BE FOLLOWING

  ALONG THE SAME PATH AS THE CURRENT AREA OF STORMS.

  

* URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY IN CHARLOTTE AND MONROE...AND RISES ON

  AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD BE SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO SEND SOME

  OUT OF THEIR BANKS TO OVERFLOW ONTO ROADS. NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE 

  AREAS NEAR MATTHEWS AND INDIAN TRAIL WILL MOST LIKELY EXPERIENCE

  PONDING OF WATER. IF FLOODING DOES NOT OCCUR WITH THE FIRST

  BATCH OF STORMS...WATER LEVELS MAY NOT GET TO RECEDE MUCH BEFORE

  THE SECOND ROUND RESULTS IN ADDITIONAL STREAM AND CREEK RISES.



  STREAMS THAT NEED TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING

  INCLUDE THE SUGAR...LITTLE SUGAR AND MCALPINE CREEKS IN CHARLOTTE

  AND PADDLE BRANCH...CROOKED CREEK...GOOSE CREEK AND RICHARDSON

  CREEK IN UNION COUNTY.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



LAT...LON 3512 7989 3486 8014 3482 8039 3482 8075

          3495 8088 3515 8101 3538 8093 3534 8076

          3515 8052 3517 8035



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