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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

701 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...   

  WEST CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE LATE AFTERNOON NEAR   

  THE CATAWBA AND IREDELL COUNTY LINE NEAR THE CATAWBA COMMUNITY.    

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE WARNED AREA 

  EARLY THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES   

  OF RAIN. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FLASH     

  FLOODING ALONG SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THIS AREA.   



* AFFECTED STREAMS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE CATFISH...     

  BUFFALO SHOALS...LYLE...AND HAGAN FORK BASINS...AS WELL AS OTHER   

  SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS FEEDING INTO THE CATAWBA RIVER. 



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 3580 8099 3568 8096 3564 8114 3577 8115

TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 180DEG 0KT 3573 8106



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