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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1052 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRAHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 145 PM EDT



* AT 1048 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER GRAHAM COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE TENNESEE STATE BORDER.

  THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THIS RAIN HAD MOVED VERY LITTLE.



* CONTINUED THUNDERSTORM DEVLOPMENT AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WILL

  CAUSE RIVERS AND STREAMS IN GRAHAM COUNTY TO RISE RAPIDLY. OF PARTICULAR

  CONCERN ARE SLICKROCK CREEK...AND SMALLER STREAMS IN THE JOYCE KILMER

  WILDERNESS AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY

DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



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JAT

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