[WeatherBulletin] Areal Flood Warning

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Weather Bulletin
WGUS42 KGSP 051709
FLWGSP

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1209 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

NCC045-149-161-052315-
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CLEVELAND NC-POLK NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
1209 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 615 PM EST

* AT 1202 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A BAND 
OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH 
CAROLINA. SO FAR TODAY...THIS AREA HAS SEEN 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. 
WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED...AND WITH SNOWMELT ADDING TO 
RUNOFF NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...THIS HAS RESULTED IN STREAMS RUNNING 
NEAR BANKFULL. AS THE RAINFALL RATES INCREASE...FLOODING OF 
STREAMS...SMALLER RIVERS AND SOME URBAN AREAS IS EXPECTED TO 
DEVELOP. 

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER THAT MOST FLOOD FATALITIES ARE THE RESULT OF DRIVING INTO
FLOODED STREETS...ROADS...OR STREAMS...OR OCCUR WHEN CHILDREN PLAY IN
OR NEAR STORM DRAINS OR STREAMS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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 3556 8167 3555 8151 3551 8151 3520 8131
      3518 8131 3517 8132 3519 8172 3519 8235
      3522 8236 3539 8226 3542 8227 3551 8223
      3555 8200 3552 8198 3553 8186 3557 8183
      3558 8172

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MCAVOY




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