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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
614 AM EST Thu Nov 12 2020

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR GREATER NEWTON, CONOVER AND HICKORY...

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Catawba County in the piedmont of North Carolina...

* Until 915 AM EST.

* At 614 AM EST, Emergency management reported numerous flooded
  roads, water rescues and evacuations across portions of Catwaba
  County. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain have fallen since
  yesterday. Flash flooding is ongoing.  The most threatened areas
  include, but are not limited to the Lyle, Snow and Falling Creek
  drainages.

  This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Greater Newton, Conover and
  Hickory. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER
  GROUND NOW!

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
           producing flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Emergency management.

  IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
           HIGHER GROUND NOW! Life threatening flash flooding of
           low water crossings, small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Hickory, Newton, St. Stephens, Conover, Longview, Bethlehem,
  Maiden, Claremont, Catawba, Mountain View, Lake Hickory, Lookout
  Shoals Lake, Startown, Propst, Oxford, Bandys and Cooksville.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to higher ground now! This is an extremely dangerous and
life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are
fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.

&&

LAT...LON 3557 8153 3569 8142 3577 8136 3577 8134
      3578 8134 3579 8133 3583 8114 3579 8113
      3577 8109 3574 8106 3571 8106 3571 8103
      3554 8108

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
EXPECTED RAINFALL...3-5 INCHES IN 20 HOURS

$$

CSH
