

000 

WGUS52 KGSP 262141

FFWGSP

NCC071-270030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

540 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP FROM THE LATEST IN A

  SERIES OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CHERRYVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES

  SOUTHWEST OF LINCOLNTON...WHICH IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



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

  DALLAS...STANLEY...LOWELL...AND MOUNT HOLLY.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN GASTON COUNTY...JUST SOUTH OF THE LINCOLN 

BORDER. FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG INDIAN CREEK AND 

BEAVERDAM CREEK...AS WELL AS ALONG TRIBUTARIES FEEDING THE SOUTH 

FORK CATAWBA 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. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN 

THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER

SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL

FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.



LAT...LON 3533 8099 3524 8102 3524 8106 3531 8136

      3533 8136 3539 8143 3541 8143 3539 8096

      3537 8098 3535 8093



$$



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000 

WGUS52 KGSP 262141

FFWGSP

NCC071-270030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

540 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP FROM THE LATEST IN A

  SERIES OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CHERRYVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES

  SOUTHWEST OF LINCOLNTON...WHICH IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



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

  DALLAS...STANLEY...LOWELL...AND MOUNT HOLLY.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN GASTON COUNTY...JUST SOUTH OF THE LINCOLN 

BORDER. FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG INDIAN CREEK AND 

BEAVERDAM CREEK...AS WELL AS ALONG TRIBUTARIES FEEDING THE SOUTH 

FORK CATAWBA 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. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN 

THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER

SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL

FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.



LAT...LON 3533 8099 3524 8102 3524 8106 3531 8136

      3533 8136 3539 8143 3541 8143 3539 8096

      3537 8098 3535 8093



$$



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