

000 

WGUS52 KGSP 270448

FFWGSP

NCC035-270745-

/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0029.080827T0448Z-080827T0745Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1248 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 345 AM EDT



* AT 1242 AM EDT...A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED THE SOUTH FORK

  RIVER FLOWING OVER A BRIDGE ALONG ROCKY FORD ROAD.  



* WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAIN PROBABLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT     

  HOURS...ON TOP OF WET GROUND FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...

  ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE COUNTY.



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 3579 8113 3573 8107 3571 8102 3567 8097

      3560 8094 3555 8096 3555 8137 3557 8152

      3561 8150 3570 8140 3576 8137 3579 8134

      3583 8114



$$



000 

WGUS52 KGSP 270448

FFWGSP

NCC035-270745-

/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0029.080827T0448Z-080827T0745Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1248 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 345 AM EDT



* AT 1242 AM EDT...A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED THE SOUTH FORK

  RIVER FLOWING OVER A BRIDGE ALONG ROCKY FORD ROAD.  



* WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAIN PROBABLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT     

  HOURS...ON TOP OF WET GROUND FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...

  ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE COUNTY.



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 3579 8113 3573 8107 3571 8102 3567 8097

      3560 8094 3555 8096 3555 8137 3557 8152

      3561 8150 3570 8140 3576 8137 3579 8134

      3583 8114



$$

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