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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

437 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 730 AM EDT



* AT 431 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA   

  OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE COUNTY. AS  

  MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN PARTS OF ROWAN      

  COUNTY OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS       

  POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE. THE MAIN AFFECTED AREAS INCLUDE          

  LOCATIONS FROM SALISBURY SOUTH TO ROCKWELL...AND POINTS EAST       

  INCLUDING THE HIGH ROCK LAKE AREA. HIGHWAY 152 HAS ALREADY BEEN    

  REPORTED AS BEING CLOSED THIS MORNING WITH OTHER ROAD CLOSURES     

  POSSIBLE AS THE HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO RUNOFF.



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 3550 8018 3549 8030 3551 8073 3569 8077

      3585 8070 3581 8056 3578 8052 3578 8049

      3574 8046 3572 8038 3572 8033 3568 8032

      3563 8025 3553 8018



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