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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
936 AM EDT Sun Sep 29 2024

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE AND COMMUNITIES 
DOWNSTREAM OF MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE DAM...

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has extended 
the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  A Dam Floodgate Release in...
  Northeastern Gaston County in the piedmont of North Carolina...
  Northwestern Mecklenburg County in the piedmont of North Carolina...

* Until 945 PM EDT Sunday.

* At 936 AM EDT, dam operators reported the floodgates on the Cowans 
  Ford Dam / Lake Norman were opened causing flash flooding 
  downstream on the Catawba River.

  This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Mountain Island Lake and 
  Communities Downstream of Mountain Island Lake Dam. This is a 
  PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding from a dam floodgate
           release.

  SOURCE...Dam operator.

  IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
           HIGHER GROUND NOW! IMMEDIATE EVACUATION for areas
           along the river immediately downstream of the dam.

* The nearest downstream town is Mountain Island Lake and Riverside 
  Dr Community.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Catawba River, McDowell Creek, Paw Creek, trib to Catawba river, 
  Dutchmans Creek, Fites creek, Gar Creek, Long Creek, Trib to Lake 
  Norman and Johnson Creek.
Flooding is occurring along the Catawba River.

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.

If you are in low lying areas below the Cowans Ford Dam / Lake 
Norman you should move to higher ground immediately.

&&

LAT...LON 3528 8103 3532 8102 3536 8099 3538 8100
      3539 8098 3540 8098 3540 8096 3541 8096
      3542 8096 3543 8096 3543 8094 3539 8094
      3537 8091 3536 8090 3534 8091 3532 8097
      3529 8099 3523 8099 3522 8103

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC

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