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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

458 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT



* AT 442 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN OVER SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTY WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS.



* THE AREA OF CONCERN IS MAINLY ALONG THE SOUTH TOE RIVER AND THE 

SMALL CREEKS AND RIVERS FEEDING INTO IT. ROUTE 80 MAY ALSO BE 

AFFECTED AROUND THE TOWN CELO.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE 

SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



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