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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

444 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 437 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  NEAR STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS FROM AROUND HILDEBRAN TO HICKORY.    

  THESE STORMS HAVE LIKELY PRODUCED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER SOME  

  AREAS.  SEVERE URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG AND AROUND           

  INTERSTATE 40...AND HENRY FORK CREEK AND JACOB FORK CREEK MAY HAVE 

  FLOODING.  ALSO...DROWNING CREEK IN EASTERN BURKE COUNTY MAY FLOOD.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ST.

  STEPHENS...LONGVIEW...ICARD...HICKORY...CONOVER AND CONNELLY

  SPRINGS.



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 3562 8159 3561 8117 3576 8116 3578 8155



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