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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

810 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT



* AT 808 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERE 

  URBAN FLOODING DEVELOPING OVER CHARLOTTE...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH 

  AND EAST SIDES OF THE CITY. SEVERAL CARS HAVE BEEN SURROUNDED

  BY WATER IN THE CITY. RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

  MOVING SLOWLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS MECKLENBURG COUNTY. 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN WILL ONLY 

  COMPLICATE THE DEVELOPING SITUATION...AND COULD LEAD TO 

  RISES ON SOME OF THE SHALLOWER FLASHY CREEKS AND STREAMS

  WITHIN THE CITY CREEK SYSTEM. ADDIITONAL URBAN FLOODING 

  COULD AFFECT MATTHEWS...MINT HILL AND POSSIBLY HUNTERSVILLE.



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

  CHARLOTTE...SOUTHPARK MALL...PAW CREEK...MINT HILL...MATTHEWS...

  HUNTERSVILLE...EASTLAND MALL...DAVIDSON...CORNELIUS...CHARLOTTE

  DOUGLAS INTL AIRPORT AND CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE.



DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS

SUCH AS UNDERPASSES AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT. DO

NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR SMALL STREAMS OR FLOODED DRAINAGE

DITCHES AND STORM SEWERS.



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 3509 8105 3502 8085 3521 8054 3526 8067

      3533 8067 3549 8079 3553 8092 3537 8096



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