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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
245 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2024
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MECKLENBURG NC-
245 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM EST THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING SOUTHERN
MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 845 AM EST SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE
PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 241 AM EST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES REPORTED
FLOODING DUE TO PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL. FLOODING IS ONGOING
OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA.
- AT 240 AM EST, THE STREAM GAUGE ON SUGAR CREEK NEAR ARROWOOD
ROAD REPORTED A STAGE OF 14.0 FEET. AT 14.0 FEET, FLOODING
OF BUILDINGS DOWNSTREAM OF SOUTHERN PINES AND RED OAK
BOULEVARD IS EXPECTED. VICINITY ROADS IN THE VICINITY MAY
BECOME IMPASSABLE.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CENTRAL CHARLOTTE AND SOUTHWEST CHARLOTTE NEAR RED OAK
BOULEVARD
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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 3515 8092 3513 8092 3512 8092 3513 8090
3519 8089 3519 8093
MPR
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