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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1220 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

  GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 415 AM EDT



* WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN...LOCALLY AS MUCH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE

  PAST SIX HOURS HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH

  CAROLINA. HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL THREATEN

  THE REGION INTO THE OVERNIGHT PRODUCING ANOTHER LOCALIZED INCH OR

  TWO OF RAIN. WITH SATURATED GROUND FROM RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 

  48 HOURS...RUNOFF INTO AREA RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL

  INCREASE. 



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3549 8033 3519 8051 3520 8054 3505 8074

      3501 8084 3510 8093 3505 8102 3506 8105

      3511 8103 3515 8105 3518 8128 3556 8150

      3554 8095 3551 8095



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