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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

546 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 538 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 

FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHERN CABARRUS COUNTY...A LITTLE 

EAST OF I-85. RADAR ALSO ESTIMATES THAT IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA IN AROUND 30 MINUTES WITH ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE SAME AREA. CREEKS THAT ARE LIKELY TO 

FLOOD AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE JENNIE WOLF CREEK AND 

DUTCH BUFFALO CREEK AMONG OTHERS. AS THE STORMS MOVE SLOWLY WEST 

INTO METRO KANNAPOLIS AND CONCORD...SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING WILL 

LIKELY ALSO DEVELOP.



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

  PLEASANT...KANNAPOLIS AND CONCORD.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY

DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 3551 8066 3537 8072 3531 8062 3542 8039

      3550 8039



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