

000 

WGUS52 KGSP 120232

FFWGSP

NCC179-120400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1030 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS EXTENDED  

A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 1028 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING

  OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL UNION COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED AS MUCH AS 

  3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN JACKSON AND MONROE...WEST

  TO WAXHAW AND NORTH TO STALLINGS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS

  POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH MIDNIGHT.



* COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ONGOING ALONG STALLINGS ROAD

  JUST OUTSIDE STALLINGS. MANY ROADS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE STANDING

  WATER ON THEM...AND SEVERAL HAD BEEN CLOSED EARLIER THIS EVENING

  DUE TO HIGH WATER. FLOODING OCCURRED EARLIER ON PROVIDENCE ROAD

  AND HIGHWAY 16 NEAR WAXHAW. SOME OTHER FLOODING SPOTS MAY DEVELOP

  THROUGH MIDNIGHT AS THE RAINFALL SLOWLY WINDS DOWN.

   



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 3515 8062 3500 8081 3483 8078 3482 8034

      3517 8028



$$



BURRUS

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000 

WGUS52 KGSP 120232

FFWGSP

NCC179-120400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1030 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS EXTENDED  

A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 1028 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING

  OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL UNION COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED AS MUCH AS 

  3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN JACKSON AND MONROE...WEST

  TO WAXHAW AND NORTH TO STALLINGS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS

  POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH MIDNIGHT.



* COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ONGOING ALONG STALLINGS ROAD

  JUST OUTSIDE STALLINGS. MANY ROADS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE STANDING

  WATER ON THEM...AND SEVERAL HAD BEEN CLOSED EARLIER THIS EVENING

  DUE TO HIGH WATER. FLOODING OCCURRED EARLIER ON PROVIDENCE ROAD

  AND HIGHWAY 16 NEAR WAXHAW. SOME OTHER FLOODING SPOTS MAY DEVELOP

  THROUGH MIDNIGHT AS THE RAINFALL SLOWLY WINDS DOWN.

   



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 3515 8062 3500 8081 3483 8078 3482 8034

      3517 8028



$$



BURRUS

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