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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

812 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 805 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM A SERIES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING REPEATEDLY

  NORTHWARD OVER CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY.



* RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE

  VICINITY OF FOREST CITY AND POINTS NORTHWARD TOWARD SUNSHINE. AN

  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED FROM THUNDERSTORMS

  MOVING NORTHWARD OUT OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN

  THE FOREST CITY AREA...AND ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 64...WILL

  LIKELY SPILL OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



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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