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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1222 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 300 AM EDT



* AT 1222 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NEARLY

  STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...MAINLY

  OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3

  INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN THUS FAR. SOME FLOODING OF AREA

  ROADWAYS HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED NEAR LENOIR...WITH MUDSLIDES

  OCCURRING IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY.



* AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN MAY FALL BEFORE THESE

  THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATE. STREAMS AND CREEKS...PARTICULARLY THOSE

  OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY...WILL LIKELY EXCEED BANKFULL.

  EXTREME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS MAY ALSO DEVELOP.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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