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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

233 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 530 PM EDT



* AT 225 PM EDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM

  NEAR STATESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL          

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THIS 

  AREA...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY. AN AUTOMATED GAGE IN 

  STATESVILLE HAS REPORTED 2.75 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST THREE 

  HOURS...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR MORE OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THE 

  ADDITIONAL STORMS.



* THE IREDELL COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED THAT SEVERAL ROADS

  IN THE STATESVILLE AREA WERE PARTIALLY COVERED WITH WATER...MOSTLY

  THE RESULT OF BACKED UP CULVERTS IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. HOWEVER...

  AS THE HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES...URBAN FLOODING WILL BECOME MORE

  SEVERE AND STREAMS WILL BEGIN TO LEAVE THEIR BANKS.



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 3559 8093 3558 8077 3603 8070 3606 8099

      3579 8109



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