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WGUS52 KGSP 280518

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NCC025-059-097-159-280815-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

119 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

  DAVIE COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

  ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

  CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 415 AM EDT



* AT 106 AM EDT...RADAR SHOWED BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING FROM SOUTH 

  TO NORTH ACROSS THE PIEDMONT.  RAINFALL RATES HAVE REACHED A       

  COUPLE OF INCHES PER HOUR...ON TOP OF 2 INCHES WHICH FELL EARLIER  

  THIS EVENING. RAPID RISES OF SMALL STREAMS WILL OCCUR...AND LOW    

  PLACES WILL FILL WITH WATER QUICKLY.



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

  TROUTMAN...STATESVILLE...SPENCER...SALISBURY...ROCKWELL...MOUNT

  PLEASANT...MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...LANDIS...KANNAPOLIS...

  HARMONY...GRANITE QUARRY...FARMINGTON...ENOCHVILLE...COOLEEMEE...

  CLEVELAND...CHINA GROVE AND ADVANCE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES 

CANNOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 3526 8056 3540 8075 3551 8078 3551 8092

      3605 8100 3604 8058 3603 8045 3601 8042

      3584 8039 3583 8046 3584 8048 3578 8048

      3573 8045 3571 8035 3550 8030



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