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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

502 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH 

  CAROLINA



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT



* AT 5 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

  OVER CLEVELAND COUNTY...MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM CASAR TO EARL.

  RAINFALL WAS EXTREMELY HEAVY...WITH RADAR ESTIMATING AS MUCH AS

  TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN JUST NORTHEAST OF SHELBY...AND

  NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN NORTHEAST CLEVELAND COUNTY. A HAM

  RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN FELL IN FALLSTON

  IN 30 MINUTES.



* THROUGH 7 PM...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL BE SLOW TO LEAVE AREAS

  OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED

  HEAVY RAIN SINCE MID AFTERNOON. STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL EXPERIENCE

  RISES TO NEAR BANKFULL...AND SOME MAY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS TO 

  FLOOD ROADS AND THREATEN PROPERTY. SOME CREEKS THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE

  TO FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE BUFFALO CREEK...MAPLE CREEK AND LONG 

  BRANCH. THESE COULD IMPACT HIGHWAYS 182...180 AND 18. SEVERE URBAN

  FLOODING COULD DEVELOP ON THE EAST SIDE OF SHELBY...AND IN KINGS

  MOUNTAIN.



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 3544 8146 3517 8133 3518 8161 3557 8161

          3555 8153



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