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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

809 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

  EASTERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

  NORTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 801 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA.

  THE AREA FROM CHARLOTTE TO ROCK HILL HAS ALREADY RECEIVED

  BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AN ONE AND ONE QUARTER INCHES OF RAIN.

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL SATURATE THE GROUND AND RUNOFF INTO

  STREAMS AND CREEKS...CAUSING WATER LEVELS TO RAPIDLY RISE.



* WIDESPREAD URBAN FLOODING IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE

  CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA...INCLUDING ROCK HILL AND CONCORD. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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 3525 8045 3519 8053 3520 8054 3503 8076

      3500 8084 3505 8089 3498 8089 3493 8101

      3509 8124 3540 8097 3540 8095 3551 8087

      3541 8049 3530 8042



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