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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
724 AM EDT FRI JUL 24 2026
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UNION NC-
724 AM EDT FRI JUL 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...CENTRAL UNION COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1130 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND
FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. AT LEAST ONE ROAD
REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL
THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
IN URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 724 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF
RAIN FELL THURSDAY NIGHT.
- BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH FORKS OF CROOKED CREEK ARE AT AN
ELEVATED STAGE AND MAY BE CAUSING FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
ALONG THE CREEK BASIN, NORTHWEST OF MONROE AND NEAR HEMBY BRIDGE.
MINOR FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT MULTIPLE ROAD CROSSINGS OF
THE CREEK. BEARSKIN CREEK IN MONROE IS ALSO OUT OF ITS BANKS AND
MAY BE FLOODING THE GREENWAY AT DICKERSON PARK.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MONROE, MATTHEWS, INDIAN TRAIL, STALLINGS, UNIONVILLE, WINGATE,
LAKE PARK, HEMBY BRIDGE AND FAIRVIEW IN UNION COUNTY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3510 8069 3513 8064 3510 8061 3513 8050
3507 8041 3503 8041 3494 8043 3494 8059
3503 8063 3509 8070
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