

000 

WGUS52 KGSP 270813

FFWGSP

NCC025-119-271115-

/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0030.080827T0813Z-080827T1115Z/

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



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

413 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS EXTENDED 

THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 715 AM EDT



* AT 400 AM EDT...CHARLOTTE FIRE DISPATCH REPORTS CONSIDERABLE

  FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE CITY

  WHERE CARS WERE UNDERWATER AND EVACUATIONS UNDERWAY. WIDESPREAD

  HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO CABARRUS

  COUNTY THROUGHOUT THE PRE-DAWN HOURS AND THEN DIMINISH BY

  SUNRISE. CONSIDERABLE HIGH WATER CONDITIONS WILL BE LINGERING

  FOR THE MORNING RUSH HOUR.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3519 8050 3520 8054 3507 8071 3504 8079

      3507 8091 3510 8093 3508 8096 3510 8103

      3514 8103 3518 8100 3530 8100 3534 8097

      3535 8092 3537 8098 3540 8095 3551 8095

      3549 8030



$$



000 

WGUS52 KGSP 270813

FFWGSP

NCC025-119-271115-

/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0030.080827T0813Z-080827T1115Z/

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



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

413 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS EXTENDED 

THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 715 AM EDT



* AT 400 AM EDT...CHARLOTTE FIRE DISPATCH REPORTS CONSIDERABLE

  FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE CITY

  WHERE CARS WERE UNDERWATER AND EVACUATIONS UNDERWAY. WIDESPREAD

  HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO CABARRUS

  COUNTY THROUGHOUT THE PRE-DAWN HOURS AND THEN DIMINISH BY

  SUNRISE. CONSIDERABLE HIGH WATER CONDITIONS WILL BE LINGERING

  FOR THE MORNING RUSH HOUR.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3519 8050 3520 8054 3507 8071 3504 8079

      3507 8091 3510 8093 3508 8096 3510 8103

      3514 8103 3518 8100 3530 8100 3534 8097

      3535 8092 3537 8098 3540 8095 3551 8095

      3549 8030



$$

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