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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1231 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

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



* UNTIL 330 AM EDT



* AT 1221 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM THE STATESVILLE AREA 

SOUTHWEST TO NEWTON.   FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE 

WARNED AREA. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE TO FORM IN THIS SAME 

AREA...AND ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.



* MANY URBAN ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE FOR A WHILE EARLY THIS 

MORNING AND A FEW STREAMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO LEAVE THEIR BANKS.



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 8073 3555 8111 3556 8134 3568 8123

      3584 8099 3589 8070



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