Event: Flash Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Issued: 2013-07-24T18:27:35-04:00
Expires: 2013-07-24T21:30:00-04:00
WEA Text: Flash Flood Warning this area til 9:30 PM EDT. Avoid flood areas. Check local media. -NWS
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA…

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 625 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING IN THE VICINITY OF
SOUTHPARK MALL. 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THIS
AREA IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES…WITH ANOTHER INCH LIKELY.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
EASTLAND MALL…MATTHEWS…PINEVILLE AND SOUTHPARK MALL.
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.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…URBAN AREAS…HIGHWAYS…STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Area Description: Mecklenburg