

000 

WGUS52 KGSP 311146

FFWGSP

NCC179-311745-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

745 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 145 PM EDT THURSDAY



* AT 745 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM AN EARLIER THUNDERSTORM ALONG TWELVE MILE CREEK.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  MONROE...WINGATE...FAIRVIEW...STALLINGS...AND WAXHAW



SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS UNION COUNTY OVERNIGHT. A 

NEW BAND OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE 

COUNTY THROUGH THE MIDDLE TO LATE PART OF THE MORNING. THE RAIN WILL 

RUN OFF QUICKLY INTO AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS...EVENTUALLY FORCING 

THEM OUT OF THEIR BANKS. RICHARDSON CREEK AND TWELVE MILE CREEK... 

AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES...ARE MOST LIKELY TO FLOOD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3482 8080 3483 8033 3518 8029 3520 8054

      3500 8082 3494 8078



$$



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000 

WGUS52 KGSP 311146

FFWGSP

NCC179-311745-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

745 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 145 PM EDT THURSDAY



* AT 745 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM AN EARLIER THUNDERSTORM ALONG TWELVE MILE CREEK.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  MONROE...WINGATE...FAIRVIEW...STALLINGS...AND WAXHAW



SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS UNION COUNTY OVERNIGHT. A 

NEW BAND OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE 

COUNTY THROUGH THE MIDDLE TO LATE PART OF THE MORNING. THE RAIN WILL 

RUN OFF QUICKLY INTO AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS...EVENTUALLY FORCING 

THEM OUT OF THEIR BANKS. RICHARDSON CREEK AND TWELVE MILE CREEK... 

AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES...ARE MOST LIKELY TO FLOOD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3482 8080 3483 8033 3518 8029 3520 8054

      3500 8082 3494 8078



$$



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