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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

831 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT



* AT 828 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. WEDDINGTON ROAD 

AND ROCK HILL CHURCH ROAD AT HIGHWAY 29 WERE REPORTED TO BE COVERED 

BY WATER AND WERE ABOUT TO BE CLOSED. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA IN ABOUT THE PAST 90 MINUTES.



* ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THAT HAD 

SEEN THE MOST RAIN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. THIS 

WILL CAUSE MANY ROADS IN THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF CONCORD...EITHER SIDE 

OF INTERSTATE 85...TO FLOOD. SOME CREEKS THAT ARE LIKELY TO FLOOD 

INCLUDE WOLF MEADOW BRANCH AND AFTON RUN.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 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 3550 8050 3534 8066 3538 8074 3546 8076

      3547 8076 3548 8077 3550 8078

TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 180DEG 0KT 3540 8071



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