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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

608 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  CHARLOTTE...SOUTHPARK MALL...PINEVILLE...PAW CREEK...MINT HILL...

  MATTHEWS...HUNTERSVILLE...EASTLAND MALL...CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS INTL

  AIRPORT AND CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE.



THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING TOWARD THE 

EAST AT ABOUT 5 MPH.



PEOPLE IN THE LITTLE SUGAR CREEK... MALLARD CREEK... AND MCALPINE 

CREEK BASINS AND NEARBY AREAS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR FLOODING



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... OTHER 

LOW LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3505 8104 3511 8093 3501 8083 3519 8056

      3526 8067 3533 8069 3539 8076 3543 8088



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