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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

918 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

  EASTERN YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 115 PM EDT



* AT 910 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER THE WARNING AREA. AUTOMATED    

  RAIN GAUGES INDICATE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG AN     

  AXIS FROM THE CITY OF YORK TO THE CITY CENTER OF CHARLOTTE SINCE 6 

  AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY    

  ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. 



* THE PRIMARY EFFECT OF THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE TO CAUSE    

  SEVERE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND OTHER LOCATIONS WITH POOR       

  DRAINAGE...ESPECIALLY IN THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. RAPID RISES TO  

  FLOOD LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...        

  INCLUDING STEELE CREEK...SUGAR CREEK...AND IRWIN CREEK. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3486 8127 3506 8128 3515 8105 3515 8102

      3523 8098 3533 8076 3513 8073



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