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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

802 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 759 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND 

  THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY...BETWEEN 

  CHARLOTTE AND MATTHEWS. FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A 

  THUNDERSTORM. AN OBSERVER FROM MATTHEWS REPORTED 2.37 INCHES OF

  RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN 715 PM AND 745 PM. RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE

  WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG FOUR MILE CREEK...ROCKY BRANCH

  AND FLAT BRANCH...AS WELL AS URBAN FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE 

  AREAS IN AND AROUND MATTHEWS.



* STORMS WERE DRIFTING TO THE EAST AND RADAR TRENDS SUGGESTED

  ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THIS REGION THROUGH LATE 

  EVENING.



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 3526 8066 3517 8090 3507 8089 3501 8086

      3521 8055



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