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

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

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has extended
the

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

* Until noon EST.

* At 902 AM EST, Emergency management reported at least 20 roads
  still closed due to flooding in the warned area. Flooding and/or
  areas of high water should slowly recede through early afternoon
  though as the heavy rain threat had ended.



  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.

  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.

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.

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

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

$$

CSH
