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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

234 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 530 AM EDT



* AT 233 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 

MONROE...WINGATE...AND NEW SALEM.



AT 230 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 6 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN 

UNION COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. A PERSISTENT AREA OF HEAVY 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH ACROSS THE EASTERN 

HALF OF THE COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 330 AM. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

WILL LIKELY PUSH CREEKS AND STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



IN PARTICULAR...RICHARDSON CREEK AND ITS MINOR TRIBUTARIES SUCH AS 

RAYS FORK...ARE EXPECTED TO RISE QUICKLY AND COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3517 8052 3490 8059 3486 8032 3518 8028



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