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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1245 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 345 AM EST.
* AT 1245 AM EST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...THE RIVER GAUGE AT MALLARD CREEK IS INDICATING MINOR
FLOODING WITH A STAGE OF 13.25 FEET. LOW-LYING AREAS
AND THE MALLARD CREEK GREENWAY NEAR NORTH TRYON STREET
(U.S. ROUTE 29) AND EAST MALLARD CREEK CHURCH ROAD,
UPSTREAM OF THE STREAMGAUGE, MAY FLOOD. IF MALLARD
CREEK CRESTS AT 13.5 FEET, IRISH BUFFALO CREEK IN
SOUTHERN CABARRUS COUNTY MAY EXPERIENCE AN AVERAGE
CREST BETWEEN 16.5 AND 18.5 FEET APPROXIMATELY 8 HOURS
LATER.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NORTHEAST CHARLOTTE, HARRISBURG AND UNIVERSITY CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3534 8075 3534 8069 3532 8068 3532 8075
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
KRENTZ
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