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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
759 PM EDT Sat Sep 28 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 230 AM EDT Sunday.

* At 759 PM EDT, Devastating rainfall of 6-25 (twenty-five) inches
  occurred from Wednesday evening through Friday morning from Lake
  Hickory to the Catawba River headwaters, with the highest totals
  exceeding 2 feet along the Blue Ridge Escarpment across the upper
  Catawba River watershed.  This is resulting in catastrophic and
  historic inflows into Catawba River reservoirs and this water is
  being moved through the system to Mountain Island Lake and points
  downstream.  Mountain Island Lake is currently at 107.7 feet and
  rising steadily.  Full pool is 100.0 feet.

Major Flood Stage is 105.5 feet.  These lake levels will continue to
cause unprecedented, catastrophic flooding of Mountain Island Lake
and adjacent reaches of the Catawba River, especially downstream of
Mountain Island Dam.

  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...Duke Energy and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency
           Management

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

* Caution is advised anywhere near the Catawba River from Cowans
  Ford Dam to the Lake Wylie inlet.

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

$$

MPR