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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
728 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 115 PM EDT.
* AT 728 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF TRAINING CELLS
PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS EASTERN BURKE COUNTY
AND ENTERING CENTRAL AND EASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY FROM THE SOUTH.
THIS RAINFALL WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1-2 INCHES IN LESS THAN
AN HOUR OVER SATURATED SOILS. THIS RAINFALL MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL,
SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA STREAMS, INCLUDING ZACKS FORK CREEK NEAR
LENOIR; LOWER CREEK FROM LENOIR TO GAMEWELL TO ANTIOCH RD;
FLOOD-PRONE URBAN AREAS FROM CAJAH'S MOUNTAIN TO SAWMILLS TO
GRANITE FALLS AND ALONG US 70 FROM MORGANTON TO DREXEL, VALDESE,
AND CONNELLY SPRINGS; THE YADKIN RIVER NEAR PATTERSON; KINGS CREEK;
AND MULBERRY CREEK NEAR COLLETTSVILLE, QUICKLY EXACERBATING ONGOING
MINOR FLOODING. SIGNIFICANT, MODERATE FLOODING, POTENTIALLY
IMPACTING SOME STRUCTURES AND CAUSING SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL
DISRUPTIONS, MAY DEVELOP QUICKLY OVER THE NEXT 30-90 MINUTES. IF
YOU ARE NEAR A CREEK OR STREAM, SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
EXPECT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF ADJACENT LOW-LYING AREAS,
INCLUDING PARKS, TRAILS, LOW-WATER CROSSINGS, BOAT-ACCESS
AREAS, AND CAMPGROUNDS. FLOODING OF SOME CRAWL SPACES AND
BASEMENTS IS POSSIBLE WITH POTENTIAL FLOODING OF
FIRST-FLOORS IN RESIDENCES AND BUSINESSES NEAR STREAMS.
EVACUATIONS MAY BE NEEDED.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
HICKORY, LENOIR, MORGANTON, LONGVIEW, SAWMILLS, GRANITE FALLS,
VALDESE, GAMEWELL, HUDSON AND SALEM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3594 8172 3610 8151 3608 8145 3607 8144
3607 8141 3605 8139 3604 8140 3604 8137
3600 8133 3592 8134 3588 8133 3582 8134
3580 8133 3556 8154 3556 8157 3557 8160
3556 8165 3558 8169 3584 8171 3588 8167
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
JMP
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