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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1049 AM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 145 PM EDT



* AT 1047 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   

TAYLORSVILLE...ROCKY SPRINGS...AND VASHTI.



OVER ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 10 AM AT 

TAYLORSVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT ANOTHER ONE OR TWO INCHES 

OF RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS THE COUNTY BY NOON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. IN PARTICULAR...FLOODING CAN BE 

EXPECTED ALONG TRIBUTARIES OF THE SOUTH YADKIN RIVER...SUCH AS 

WALLACE CREEK...BIG BRANCH CREEK...AND ROCKY FACE BRANCH. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF WATER...

AND YOUR CAR COULD EASILY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER.



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 3581 8132 3582 8106 3603 8102 3599 8130



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