Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
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FLWGSP
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
946 PM EDT Sun Sep 29 2024
NCC071-119-010145-
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Gaston NC-Mecklenburg NC-
946 PM EDT Sun Sep 29 2024
...FLOOD WARNING FOR A DAM FLOODGATE RELEASE IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM
EDT MONDAY...
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by upstream dam release is occurring.
* WHERE...A portion of piedmont North Carolina, including the
following counties, Gaston and Mecklenburg.
* WHEN...Until 945 PM EDT Monday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. At 104 feet,
significant inundation of outbuildings is ongoing around Mountain
Island Lake and downstream of the dam along/near Riverside Dr.
Residents downstream of the dam should be evacuated and heeding
guidance from Char-Meck Emergency Management.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 945 PM EDT, an upstream floodgate release is expected to
cause continued flooding in Mountain Island Lake and
Riverside Dr Community. The flood stage has crested and
continues to fall. It has now fallen below major flood
stage, but impacts are still ongoing.
- This includes the following streams and drainages...
trib to Catawba river, Fites creek, Paw Creek, Gar Creek,
McDowell Creek, Trib to Lake Norman, Long Creek, Catawba
River, Johnson Creek and Dutchmans Creek.
Flooding is occurring along the Catawba River.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Huntersville, Northwest Charlotte, Mt Holly, Belmont, Lake
Wylie and Lucia.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Significant inundation of outbuildings is beginning around Mountain
Island Lake and downstream of the dam along/near Riverside Dr.
Residents downstream of the dam should be completing preparations to
evacuate and heeding guidance from Char-Meck Emergency Management.
&&
LAT...LON 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 3528 8103 3532 8102
$$
MPR