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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

625 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

 MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

 CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THAT COULD

  LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM CROFT AND

  HUNTERSVILLE...NORTH AND EAST TO COX MILL...AND KANNAPOLIS.

  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT AROUND 5 MPH. NEW STORMS

  DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY SUGGEST MOST

  OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS...

  LEADING TO SEVERE URBAN FLOODING AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT

  SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



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

  CREEKS THAT COULD FLOOD INCLUDE STONY CREEK...AND CLARKS CREEK

  AND ITS ADJACENT TRIBUTARIES ACROSS NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY.

  IN CABARRUS COUNTY...RAPID RISES COULD BRING CODDLE CREEK TO

  NEAR BANKFULL...AND PRODUCE A STEADY RISE ON THE ROCKY RIVER.

   



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 3530 8092 3523 8095 3531 8059 3538 8047

      3547 8035 3550 8063 3551 8075 3556 8074

      3549 8083



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