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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

555 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 545 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       

  HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN

  HAD FALLEN NEAR THE CABARRUS COUNTY LINE...FROM ALONG RIMER 

  TOWN ROAD NORTHEAST TO SHIVES ROAD...AND WEST TO OLD CONCORD

  ROAD. RADAR ESTIMATED AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAD FALLEN IN THIS AREA...CENTERED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF

  SHUPINGS MILL.



* RAINFALL WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT SOUTHWARD INTO CABARRUS COUNTY...

  BUT MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS IN EXTREME SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTY

  WILL COME CLOSE TO ESCAPING THEIR BANKS...POSSIBLY FLOODING

  ROADS AND THREATENING PROPERTY. STANDING WATER AND PONDING

  OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY.



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 3563 8042 3550 8040 3551 8060 3562 8062



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