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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

853 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 850 PM EDT...RADAR ESTIMATED AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES OF RAIN 

  HAD FALLEN JUST NORTH AND WEST OF HARRISBURG THIS EVENING. RADAR

  TRENDS SUGGESTED HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN CABARRUS

  COUNTY THROUGH LATE EVENING. STANDING WATER WAS IMPEDING 

  TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 49 THROUGH HARRISBURG. 



* THROUGH MIDNIGHT...A NUMBER OF SHALLOW STREAMS AND CREEKS 

  IN THE VICINITY OF HARRISBURG MAY REACH BANKFULL. THE 

  ROCKY RIVER AND FUDA CREEK WILL SEE THE MOST WATER...AND

  THE GREATEST RISES. BACK CREEK WILL ALSO LIKELY EXPERIENCE

  A SPIKE TOWARD BANKFULL. SEVERE URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY

  ALONG HIGHWAY 49...AND IN LOW SPOTS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



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.



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 3525 8065 3523 8052 3528 8052 3540 8060

      3540 8074



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