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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

932 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT



* AT 920 AM EDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED FLASH FLOODING AROUND THE       

  GRANITE QUARRY AREA IN ROWAN COUNTY.  SOME FLOODING WAS ALSO       

  REPORTED AROUND ROCKWELL.  RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAIN IN A            

  THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPING FROM EAST SPENCER TOWARD GRANITE QUARRY.



* SEVERE URBAN FLASH FLOODING WILL BECOME WORSE THIS MORNING.        

  ADDITIONAL SMALL STREAMS WILL FLOOD.



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.



LAT...LON 3571 8029 3551 8022 3550 8052 3575 8050



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