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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

454 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 449 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF       

  STURDIVANTS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONROE. THE STORM     

  WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* RADAR ESTIMATES THAT IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN      

  ACROSS SOUTHEAST UNION COUNTY IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS 

  AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF MILL    

  CREEK...AND OTHER SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AROUND HIGHWAY 601 NEAR 

  THE SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER. FLOODING WILL ALSO OCCUR IN LOW LYING   

  SPOTS ALONG HIGHWAY 601.      



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. 



LAT...LON 3475 8050 3475 8028 3493 8028 3493 8050



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