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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1018 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 215 PM EDT



* AT 1016 AM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED STREAMS AND 

CREEKS EAST OF HIGHWAY 321 IN GASTONIA AT BANKFULL...ESPECIALLY 

SMALLER TRIBUTARIES TO LONG CREEK AND DUTCHMAN/S CREEK. WEATHER 

SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT 

CENTRAL AND EASTERN GASTON COUNTY THROUGH LATE MORNING...AND COULD

SEND A FEW STREAMS OVER THEIR BANKS AND ONTO ROADS IN AND EAST OF 

GASTONIA. SEVERE URBAN FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY IN THE CITY.



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

  MOUNT HOLLY...DALLAS...CHERRYVILLE AND BESSEMER CITY.



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 3518 8133 3516 8117 3516 8106 3538 8099

      3540 8124 3540 8140



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