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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

850 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT



* AT 845 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER TAYLORSVILLE...MILLERSVILLE AND 

HIDDENITE. GLADE CREEK...STIREWALT CREEK AND JUMPING RUN WILL LIKELY 

OVERFLOW INTO LOW LYING AREAS. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING INTO ALEXANDER COUNTY FROM THE WEST AND AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. 



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 3582 8106 3580 8110 3580 8112 3583 8114

      3582 8121 3593 8131 3596 8129 3602 8122

      3602 8108 3603 8102 3597 8100



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