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WGUS52 KGSP 280330

FFWGSP

NCC119-179-280730-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1131 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

  UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 330 AM EDT



* AT 1115 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO 

MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF THE PIEDMONT.  RAINFALL HAS REACHED CRITICAL 

LEVELS SINCE ABOUT 8 PM...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING TO BEGIN.  SEVERE URBAN FLOODING AROUND CHARLOTTE AND 

MONROE ARE ESPECIALLY LIKELY.  LATER IN THE MORNING...SOME OF THE 

FLOOD PRONE CREEKS IN THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA COULD FLOOD.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WINGATE...WAXHAW...STALLINGS...MONROE...MINT HILL...MATTHEWS...

  MARSHVILLE...HUNTERSVILLE...DAVIDSON AND CORNELIUS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE INTO 

FLOODED AREAS OR ACROSS FLOODED BRIDGES.  MANY DEATHS ARE REPORTED 

BECAUSE OF THAT MISTAKE.  TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3484 8037 3483 8079 3494 8078 3504 8086

      3538 8094 3551 8095 3550 8078 3540 8076

      3534 8069 3528 8067 3516 8046 3516 8040

      3513 8037 3511 8035



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