Alert: Flash Flood Warning issued May 29 at 9:48PM EDT expiring May 30 at 12:30AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC

Event: Flash Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Issued: 2014-05-29T21:48:12-04:00
Expires: 2014-05-30T00:30:00-04:00
WEA Text: Flash Flood Warning this area til 12:30 AM EDT. Avoid flood areas. Check local media. -NWS
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA…
NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA…

* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT

* AT 929 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNING
AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD
FALLEN OVER THE NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
STATESVILLE.
Instruction: PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER…FLOODING…LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY
CALLING TOLL FREE…1…800…2 6 7…8 1 0 1…OR BY POSTING ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE…OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD
DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Categories: Met,
Area Description: Alexander; Iredell

Message Identifier: NWS-140501-650626-613838
CAP MessageType: Alert
Added note: – Flash Flood Warnings warnings