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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
916 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 115 AM EDT.
* AT 916 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AFFECTED
STREAMS INCLUDE GUNPOWDER CREEK, ROCK CREEK, ISAAC
CREEK, AND OTHER TRIBUTARIES OF THE CATAWBA RIVER.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
LENOIR, SAWMILLS, GRANITE FALLS, BETHLEHEM, HUDSON, CAJAH'S
MOUNTAIN, RHODHISS, LAKE HICKORY, LAKE RHODHISS, NORTHLAKES AND
LITTLE RIVER IN ALEXANDER COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO, PLEASE REPORT FLOODING OR LANDSLIDES
THREATENING ROADS OR PROPERTY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE, 1, 800, 2 6 7, 8 1 0 1,
BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, OR VIA X USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR
MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IMPACTS OCCURRED
AND THE DEPTH OF FLOODING OBSERVED.
LAT...LON 3576 8138 3577 8143 3579 8143 3578 8156
3579 8157 3590 8150 3589 8126 3581 8125
3580 8135
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
JDL
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