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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

540 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING 

  IN SOUTHWEST MADISON COUNTY...ALONG THE SPRING CREEK BASIN TOWARD 

  HOT SPRINGS. RAINFALL THAT HAS FALLEN SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON IS     

  GREATER THAN THAT AMOUNT BELIEVED TO BE ABLE TO CAUSE FLASH        

  FLOODING OF SHALLOW STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE AREA. THE            

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO

  THE NORTH...BUT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT UPSTREAM WAS PRODUCING

  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS ALONG THE SPRING CREEK BASIN.



  EVENTUALLY...A NOTICEABLE RISE ON THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT HOT

  SPRINGS WILL BE NOTED...ALONG WITH OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE

  VICINITY OF HOT SPRINGS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS...ESPECIALLY ALONG SPRING 

CREEK AND HIGHWAY 209. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND 

MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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