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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

646 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 642 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTY. 

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS AFFECTED LOCATIONS JUST NORTH OF CHINA 

GROVE...WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

SINCE MID AFTERNOON. THROUGH LATE EVENING...SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO ROWAN COUNTY FROM THE 

SOUTH...WHILE STORMS DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH ACROSS THE REST OF ROWAN 

COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM 

CHINA GROVE NORTH AND EAST TO GRANITE QUARRY...AND ALSO EDGE NORTH 

TOWARD SALISBURY...CLEVELAND AND SPENCER.



* SEVERE URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY IN AND AROUND CHINA GROVE...AND 

EVENTUALLY IN SALISBURY...ESPECIALLY LOW LYING OR AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE 

TO POOR DRAINAGE. SHALLOWER STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD COME OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS SHOULD HEAVY RAINFALL PERSIST THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY

TOWN CREEK AND COLD WATER CREEK.



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 3551 8073 3549 8021 3564 8028 3574 8047

      3585 8069 3569 8076



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